Best Night Ever!

"She was walking leisurely down the familiar path heading to Canterlot City Park. It was a late summer day in fact as she glanced she saw the magnificent sun was starting to set. It was as beautiful and as magical as she was on the inside.

She paused moment to truly take in the details of her surroundings. The beautifully painted skies, the gentle soothing breeze, and the beautiful midsized town that was her home. Home sweet home.

The peaceful tranquility in addition to beauty of Canterlot was enough for her heart. Though she felt still she was lacking something that would make her life truly perfect and make her complete. Something she had yet to find and yet so desperately needed all the same, yet she had no idea what she was searching for nor how to find something she didn't know what she truly was seeking in the first place.

What was it she sought so much and yet had no clue at the same time what she was lacking and needing? A mysterious quest that was already mysterious to begin with without a clear starting point or even what the quest was for.

She then heard laughter and joy coming from the nearby park across the street. She saw something happening at the biggest gazebo at the park but was unsure what it was.

Swallowing hard and taking a deep breath she looked both ways and saw the street was deserted. She took three steps slowly from the sidewalk and then heard a loud sound she didn't recognize.

Then she fell into pitch blackness as undreamed-of agony coursed rapidly and intensely throughout her body and she no longer could see anything, nothing except blackness as well as perceiving very faintly sounds as if she was almost deaf.

She only felt inexpressible pain for a moment while simultaneously being able to smell the strong odor of blood and taste it her mouth as well.

The last thing she heard was a familiar sound yet she still didn't know what it was in truth. It was a slow beating sound that suddenly stop and then she could no longer perceive anything of any kind and she fell into the abyss even blacker then one could think black could be."

"No, no, NO! Ahh!"

"Sunset! Wake up, sweetheart! Sweetheart, wake up!"

"Ahh!" Sunset woke up from her nightmare and started to sob loudly and uncontrollably as her mom instinctively hugged her and rocked the teenage girl who was seemingly beyond her ability to console.

"Shush, it is okay, Sunset. It's alright, it's gonna be okay, sweetheart, shush." Sunfire did her best to comfort her as if she was a six year old child and not a sixteen year old woman. Cradling her tightly as she just sat on her bed doing her best to help Sunset who just couldn't stop crying.

"Sunfire?" called a voice from the bedroom door as Yin Yang looked in and had his question answered before he could even ask it as he saw what his wife was doing for their daughter.

He gazed his indigo eyes into his wife's royal blue ones and both shared a wordless conversation and he nodded slightly and went to the kitchen.

"Which nightmare was it this time? The first one, second one or third one?" Sunfire asked gently as she slowly dried Sunset's tears from her aqua eyes.

Sunset hiccupped a few times before finally seemingly able to calm down, though she was still clearly shaken and upset. Taking a deep breath she managed to croak out in a whisper at first the answer to her mother's inquire.

"The first one. The one with me going to the park and then pain, blood, and blackness," she said in a low voice but then she exclaimed loudly and passionately more on this subject which just based on her tone and words was a reoccurring problem.

"I cannot take these nightmares much longer! I just cannot take it anymore! This has been going on for over a fortnight! Princess Twilight promised her husband Prince Fledge would be sending me nice dreams and instead, all I'm getting is perpetual nightmares of blood, pain and death!

If it's not this nightmare, then it the second nightmare of me feeling a rush of adrenaline and then even more agonizing pain and blackness. Like I go from being my happiest and then just dying a slow and excruciating painful death!

If those two dreams weren't bad enough then there the last dream! The last dream of death of me consumed by even more darkness, whitish blue light and the most intensely burning fire made of colors that have no names, topped off with that faint creepy voice that I cannot clearly understand what is being said!" she screamed loudly and looked still shaken and then she demanded angrily at her mom who she knew didn't know the answers but took the brunt of her anger full words.

"Why am I dreaming of death for so long? Where are the beautiful dreams I was promised and begged for? Princess Twilight told me in a quick note that her husband Prince Fledge has been sending them to me and yet I'm not receiving them at all!

I cannot take much longer my mind being under attack and consumed by death!" she finished with now tears of anger as she just collapsed into her mother's arms from all this screaming and tears dead tired and worn out from it all.

Sunfire was at a loss to explain why her daughter was suffering from these relentless recurring nightmares. On the other hand she did comprehend it was taking a dangerous toll on her daughter's mental health.

The school therapist Dr. Byron who Sunset had been seeing for over two months now had expressed her deep concerns to her and husband a week ago about just how fragile it seemed Sunset's mental health seemed to becoming.

She had had the normal mood swings and times of mild depression that every single teenage girl experiences throughout the course of adolescence. However, now her depression was noted to be getting progressively worse and also her moodiness and anger issues were coming back and getting slightly worse than they were originally.

Sunfire and Yin Yang hadn't told Sunset yet that Dr. Byron had strongly suggested she seek better consoling then she could provide to her. They'd been debating of making an appointment with the woman Dr. Angela B. Destine who Dr. Byron had recommended.

They'd done a great deal of research on this woman and Dr. Destine was a well-respected and exceptional child and teenage psychologist who had helped many troubled children become the best they could be. She even had wrote a few books and had done some seminars and given lectures. So she did appear to have a very exceptional background as well as excellent credentials.

Still it's not an easy decision to make if they really wanted to send Sunset to this lady or not. Yes she had been a bad kid in the past no denying that fact. Although she had manage to turn much of her life around on her own, and they'd originally sent her to the school therapist as a way to talk about her secret feelings. Now it scared them to think something much worse might be going on.

At the moment there was no time to talk about it. Sunset having another nightmare had made her very late for school so she didn't really have time for a proper healthy breakfast if she didn't want be given a tardy slip.

So her father quickly made her a breakfast smoothie and vegan muffin before they hurried to the car to drive her quickly to school. Still Sunset was still visible not doing well they could see that when they glanced at the backseat.

They managed to miss every red light except the last one before the school and it was there that they notice a big banner was being hung from the cross-section lights where they were stopped.

It was announcing that the coming weekend would the opening to the weeklong traveling carnival staying in Canterlot that week. That seemed to brighten everyone's moods a little.

"It would be great to go the carnival wouldn't it, sweetheart? You can go both with your friends one night and then we can go together as a family another night as it's here from one Saturday to the next.

Maybe that will take your mind off those awful dreams."

"I would like to go to the carnival with both you and Sunfire yes. Though I'm sure my friends would most likely like to go the first night just being with each other. Though yeah you and Sunfire and I could go together it be nice."

"Watashi no saiai no musume to kii te ureshiku omoimasu. Watashitachi kazoku ya ketsugo o suru koto ga dekita toki, watashi wa sore o aishimasu." (I am glad to hear that my beloved daughter. I love it when we can be a family and bond.)

"Watashi wa, son'nani onmyo o, anata to no Sunfire o aishi, kokode wa watashinojinsei de anata o motte iru koto wa hijo ni rakkida to omoimasu." (I love you and Sunfire so much, Yin Yang and feel very lucky to have you in my life hear.)

"We are here at the school, sweetheart. If you want we'll pick you up afterschool. Is that okay?" Sunfire asked quickly to which Sunset nodded as she quickly unbuckled and threw open the car door.

"Yes, its fine, now gotta jet or I'll be late for class and I don't need a tardy slip. Gotta go!" as she made it two steps before her father called out to her.

"Wait, Sunset! I packed you a healthy nutritious lunch, so please don't forget that! Here you go, Sunset. Hope it makes you feel better," her father held out an insulated lunch sack from his car window to which Sunset snatched it up quickly and blew them each a kiss and called out as she hurried into the school.

"Futari tomo aishiteruyo! Anata wa hokago o sansho shite kudasai. Yoichinchiwo!" (I love you both! Have a good day and see you afterschool!).

They watched their daughter hurry into the school and lingered for a moment before heading to their offices of Daydreamer's Messages and Advertising which is what their business was called.

As they drove in silence for a minute they finally started talk back and forth both in English and Japanese which almost immediately developed into a extremely heated and passionate conversation both a bit of a debate and arguing with a few different tongues thrown in.

Every once in a while in this peculiar animated discussion when Sunfire got beyond mad and would say a curse word she uttered it Chinese, and as soon as she did that her husband exclaimed in surprise in Korean.

So to anyone else who would have been listening would most likely have no idea what they're were talking about with so many languages mishmashes together in this discussion. Though if you paid attention to their tones and body language you could get a pretty good guess what they were talking about.

They're talking about of course Sunset and if they should or should not schedule that therapy appointment with Dr. Destine, as well as what other challenges they be facing as a family among other things. However it was mostly their daughter they're talking about in this intense and polyglot conversation.

When they got to their place of work a very nice three and half story brilliantly painted building and parked in their personal parking space they're still arguing. It actually startled their staff when they walked in who knew from working there so long when they were talking like this they must be really worried.

As you would probably only argue in a foreign language if you didn't want people in public to know what you're saying, because most likely most people wouldn't have a clue what they're saying.

Three staff members bravely approached them. The one in the lead was their chief of security Richard Harrison, who looked at first very mild-mannered and just a weakling with his slightly skinny build and how his golden rimmed glasses kept getting tangled in his chestnut hair, however he was by far the best person in terms of security you could ask for.

Nothing bad ever happened on his watch and well again just don't judge a book by his cover for he may be physically unimpressive but he knew how to take down a guy three times his size and he had more brains than anyone else in the building.

The other two with him at the moment was their secretary an attractive petite brunet Mary Nelson who was actually Rich's girlfriend and finally their personal assistant Candice Lydia who was also petite but with lots of raven black ringlets and deep blue eyes.

These three actually all lived together and Sunfire and Yin Yang knew their employees well since they had built personal relationships with all who worked with them. They thought being more like friends and family rather than bosses made the work environment a much happier and more productive place to be. So they knew everything about all their staff members as if they were one big happy family.

"Excuse me, Sunfire? Yin Yang is everything alright? You are both usually more chipper then this when you walk into work and you never fail to greet everyone with a smile when you come in the door either," Rich spoke in a soft voice he was one who never spoke loudly.

"Richard does have a point, Ms. Daydreamer, I know you've many worries with all the upcoming meetings and things of that nature, though under no circumstances in the last 16 years since you established this business, shortly after you graduated from college have you ever been this upset for any reason." Mary pointed out nervously as she fiddled with the tablet she was holding her left hand apprehensively.

"So if it's not too intruding and so it doesn't affect the rest of the work day it might be prudent to at least get off your chest was is bothering you so. And do it in English so we all understand. Since we cannot speak as many languages as you. We aren't polyglot like you two are," Candice suggested calmly to her bosses who seemed to finally become aware they were at work and did need to calm down themselves.

"By the way how many languages can you both actually speak?" Mary inquired before they could answer the original question.

"Anata no kenen watashi no yūjin o arigatogozaimashita. Sore wa haruka ni takaku hyoka sa rete, arigatogozaimashita." (Thank you for your concerns my friends. It is much appreciated, thank you.)

Sunfire shook her head and turned to her husband who had just spoken Japanese yet again and turned to face him and then slipped into Chinese herself. It was becoming apparent whenever she was mad or annoyed she voiced her feelings in Chinese and right now she was clearly annoyed and voiced it too her husband as well.

"Xingyang, tamen yaoqiu women yong yingyu du tamen shuohua. Bu xuanyao woman keyi tanlun ba ge huo geng duo yuyan. Suoyi qing wo xin'ai de jiang yingwen, xianzai hai hao ma? Qing?" (Yin Yang, they asked us to speak to them in English. Not show off we can speak eight or more languages. So please my beloved, speak in English for now okay? Please?)

Yin Yang nodded in agreement and again spoke not in English, for it seemed for him a habit to speak foreign languages for the different moods or situations he was in. It seemed he spoke Japanese when he was in a good mood and when he was in the opposite mood of terror, sorrow and apprehension he'd speak Korean as he was currently.

"Nae sagwa neun paieo neun, I neun uliga jag-eob eiss-eo yeong-eo e chungsil habnida. Geulaeseo uli neun uliga uliga jigjang-e eobs-eul ttae uliui ttae e daehae geogjeong hu uliui halu e eod-eul su gwichanhge mueos eul malhae boja?" (My apologizes, Sunfire, I'll stick to English as long as we're at work. So let's tell them what is bothering us so we may get on with our day and then worry about our daughter when we're not at work?

"We're sorry for the confusion, my friends. We're just really concerned about our daughter Sunset right now. She's suffering terrible nightmares and its starting to affect other aspects of her life." Sunfire started to elucidate and her husband finished elucidating their co-workers.

"We're concerned deeply about her mental health and how she's doing on the inside especially as the school therapist is strongly suggesting she see some more qualified than a high school shrink to deal with what is starting to become something much worse in her opinion."

"Well no wonder you were having that crazy auguring in god knows how many tongues. Still is there anything we can all do to help you with this burden?" Richard asked in caring tone.

"Not much any of you all do expect two things, I'm afraid," Yin Yang started to saying in a breaking voice as he and Sunfire hugged each other and cried.

"I'm guess all you wish for all who work here to do is one at least at work make work as easy as possible for you," Mary guessed the first one correctly.

"And two you'll just want all who also work here to pray for your precious daughter Sunset Shimmer to get the help she needs and that things do not get worse. Is that what you wish of us all to do?" Candice guessed the next answer.

Both Sunfire and Yin Yang nodded and faster than even the internet the whole building knew that their bosses were having a slight family crisis so they vowed to make sure work was easy as possible for them and that they all pray for Sunset Shimmer.

So at least for Sunset's parents work would be there to give the family the support it needed but would the rest of her friends be there to support her?

Right now all of the girls and Fledge were all in the same math class taking a midterm physic test. Everyone was struggling well except Twilight who was able to finish it long before anyone else.

She was glancing around and since she was seated right next to Sunset she saw that Sunset looked already defeated which surprised her for a good reason. Since she knew Sunset was one of CHS best students, not to mention based on her good grades, plus what the girls had all been talking about the other day, when they'd been in the trophy room with her showing them pictures of her parents as students and their achievements, Twilight was sure she'd be on the CHS Honor Roll Students along with her for next month ceremony.

Though right now Sunset looked like she was half dead like she hadn't been sleeping well, it also wasn't just dark circles under her eyes but they were also bloodshot indicating she had been crying a lot too.

Still they all managed to finish the exam and once the bell released them they headed off to lunch, though no-one seemed to notice at all that Sunset was dragging her feet no-one that is but Twilight.

Full of concern for her friend she deliberately lagged behind whilst the other girls were preoccupied chitchatting about things like Rarity's homeopathic beauty products and facial masks, or Pinkie Pie's new ideas for crazy ice cream concoctions, or just them all talking about the boys they liked.

So no-one notice them not entering the cafeteria when the other went to go get their food. Twilight pulled Sunset aside and looked at the poor girl and asked her straight out what the problem was.

At first Sunset was still so out of it she spoke in a mishmash of several languages and not just the ones Twilight knew she spoke at home, she swore she heard some things that sound a bit like Spanish or maybe Latin and maybe a word or two of Greek.

"Sunset Shimmer? Are you okay? Hey you okay?!" she asked worryingly and finally Sunset snapped back to reality and quit mumbling the way she was.

"Oh, sorry, Twilight. I've not been sleeping well lately. It's getting worse and I'm sure you heard how some people think my old bitchy self is coming back."

"Well, I have notice the past few days you have been pretty snappish and had a few minor outburst. I thought you might just be PMSing but that's not the case is it?"

"No, I won't have my next period till either the 19th or 21st of this month and that still a week and half off. I've been having really bad nightmares and its starting to take a bad toll on me."

"Nightmares? Like what so bad about this nightmares that it's effecting you so badly you are going back to who you use to be? I'm confused," Twilight stated in pure confusion.

"If you had nothing but dreams of dying again and again and you didn't know why you would not be Little Miss Sunshine either. All I have been able to dream about for over a fortnight is dreams of death. And every time I have one of these three dreams it picks away at my sanity and soul a little more. I'm starting to feel like I'm just going to die from these dreams of death, since I'm sure they'll find a way to kill me in the end if they don't start going away."

Twilight looked very afraid and was chewing a nail and tugging at her hair then asked, "You don't think you're starting to develop Cotard's Syndrome do you? It's also known as…"

"Walking Corpse Syndrome. Yeah I saw the Untold Stories of the ER season ten episode to feature that. But I don't know if I'm developing the delusion that I'm already dead. I'm just saying that I would have concern for my own mental state if these dreams don't start going away.

Sunfire and Yin Yang are reaching a breaking point because of how fragile my mind seems to becoming. I know they don't think I know this, but I do know they are thinking about sending me to a new psychologist because the school's one doesn't think she can help me."

"How do you know that?"

"Eavesdropping isn't a good thing to do, though it also a pure accident when someone accidently sends you an email to the wrong address. So when I saw what kind of email it was I snuck into my parents' home office and hacked into their computer and found out plenty. They have no clue and I rather them not know I did that."

"They are concerned about you because they love you, Sunset. Is that wrong?"

"It's the fear that gripping us that I might be becoming mentally ill that is what really terrifying all three of us, Twilight," she said with a sigh as she gazed her aqua eyes dejectedly to the floor looking at her reflection in a puddle under the water fountain nearby.

Looking back with even sadder eyes at Twilight she finished explaining. "We don't have mental illness in Equestria as ponies don't have the same brain chemistry as humans do. So it scares the hell out of me I might have something happening to me that I would not have if I had stayed in Equestria.

I know exactly what my parents are going to do when they pick me up afterschool. We'll all go to the mall and go shopping at "Dreamy Dreams Fashion Bouquet" then we'll go to "Hidden Treasures" which is the secondhand thrift store in the mall, finally we'll end it by going the "Magical Heaven Sweet Treats" it's a sweet shop that serves all kinds of sweet and treats. They are my favorite stores in the mall so they got this planned out to make me happy before we get to the sweet shop to talk about sending me to another psychologist. Not really looking forward to the end of a trip meant to cheer me up."

"Sunset is there anything I can do to help you ou…"

"Twilight! Sunset! What's the hold up? We've been wondering where you two were? We all about to have lunch together and talk about this upcoming weekend. So what's the hold up?" called out Fledge as he came out of the cafeteria to get them.

"Fledge! You shouldn't sneak up on people!" Twilight scolded her boyfriend who laughed and smiled apologetically.

"Sorry, Twi, but we were wondering what happened to you. You know lunch hour only from 11:50 to 12:30 and it's already 12:05 so you if you do not want to pass out from hunger we better go eat now."

"I brought my lunch today, my dad made it for me. So I hope Twilight can get though line quickly to get her lunch."

"Well I already got her a plate full of great food so she doesn't have to worry about that. So let's go!"

When the girls and Fledge joined the rest of the Mane Seven at their normal table they found all the girls had been talking excitedly about the upcoming carnival and how it was gonna be the best night ever.

They all talked about it a little bit further and then Fledge made his suggestion they make it sorta of a 'group date night" which everyone else found a great idea. So they could all go as a group with their respective love interests which they had all been seeing since meeting them.

Sunset felt out of place she didn't have anyone special to go with but Fledge suggest she ask a guy friend if he'd like to join them as it didn't have to be a date date just a male friend.

Sunset thought about it for a moment and admit she had a guy friend named Solar Wind. He was also a member of the Canterlot Stables and would also be competing alongside her in the upcoming Equestria Games. He was a nice enough guy and probably like to join them.

The other girls all asked for a bit more detail on him, just the basics. As if they were trying to figure out if Sunset liked the boy more than a friend. They all looked eager to find out the last member of their group was gonna find out about the magic of love, however they soon became disappoint when Sunset started to describe the boy and how she did it.

She told them he was a 15 year old boy who went to a Catholic school where his aunt was actually a nun there, that his parents worked for the biggest Catholic Church in Canterlot and that he also owned a small female dog that was a Chiweenie, or half Chihuahua and half Dachshund named Coco, who could when walking her knock you off your feet even if she was only barely seven pounds.

Sunset gave no indication she had a romantic interest in the boy only that they had been in the same riding class for a long time and enjoyed training together and that their horses were friends. Still it was agreed they all go to the carnival together and enjoy everything it had to offer saying they all get on the Ferris wheel last so they had prime seats to watch the fireworks.

No-one notice that Twilight didn't look exactly thrilled about having to ride the Ferris Wheel like maybe it scared her a bit, but they all had to hurry to their next class and just talk about it some other time.

When school let out Sunset saw her parents were already waiting for her but she didn't go to them immediately. She spent a few moments lingering at the entrance talking some more with Twilight. Twilight confirmed that Ferris Wheels scared her and Sunset promise to call her later that night to tell her more about what was gonna happen to her.

Then she waved goodbye to her friends before running to get into her parents' car. Everything else happened exactly as she predicted it would. They took exactly the trip to the mall she knew they would and it was when they're at the sweet shop that her parents though they were dropping a bomb on her but she knew this was coming.

She knew they were trying to bring it up nonchalantly as they had been asking her about school, friends and if she had plans for the weekend. Therefore she knew they were trying to keep her in a good mood before dropping the bomb on her that they were seriously considering scheduling at least one appointment to at least meet Dr. Destine.

She was quiet for a few moments just looking down at the large bowl of chocolate dip and absentmindedly playing with the huge strawberry meant to be dipped into it.

"Sunset? You okay, sweetheart?" her mom asked her as she touched her right hand and her dad her left.

Sighing she nodded and replied back softly so no-one but her parents could hear her. "I know you both care about me like I'm your own flesh and blood even if I'll never be your real daughter I also know I have caused you both a lot of grief, and this new thing that I might actually be developing some mild form of mental illness is scaring you as much as me. Therefore if you truly believe this is the best thing for me is to see this lady I'll do it."

"Don't be ashamed of going to see a therapist, Sunset. Lots of people go see someone and they don't have a mental illness. Talking just helps a lot and we rather be safe than sorry is all, honey." Yin Yang informed her kindly to which Sunset looked at both her parents gratefully.

"Besides, Sunset, you are our real daughter. Whether we gave birth to you or any other stupid technicality that only idiots think matter. We love you and care for you and at the end of the day that what matters. Any fool can have a kid and people may have a person who is related to them from the same parents.

Neither of those however truly make someone a parent or a sibling, Sunset. Being a real family and a real parent or having a brother and sister? It all comes from something deeper in the heart and soul and that what truly matters. Not whose blood flows through your veins, but who gives your heart a reason to beat and who gives your soul a reason to live and thrive.

Only really stupid foolishly blind deaf and close-minded people who cannot see what truly matters in life care about technicalities. Now let's get home so the last member of our family Daybreak isn't left out in the cold? Shall we?"

Feeling better Sunset smiled and nodded and the family left the mall to head home.

Later that night Sunset was feeling much better. She had just finished having a video chat with all her friends about the group date at the carnival that Saturday. All the other girls had asked their lovers out and they all agreed and Sunset said she had sent Solar Wind an email and he had replied he like to join her but not as a date, date. Also they had talked about how Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash had already warned their little sisters who had wanted to go on their own 'dates' with Tender Taps who turned out to be a triplet. He had two brothers named Tenor and Take Off who had all wanted a date with CMC.

Well of course Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash had been against it and said they could only go with the boys to the carnival as part of a large group of friends and were not to be alone at any moment with the boys. So the CMC had all grumbled about it but agreed in the end.

Closing her laptop and putting it back on her desk she was about to go to sleep when she felt she should write to Princess Twilight and Prince Fledge. So she took her journal out and thinking carefully began to write her letter.

"Dear Princess Twilight and Prince Fledge,

Things for the last few weeks have been as I told you in a quick letter still going poorly when I'm asleep. I still do not know why I keep dreaming of death or why it secretly feels like I'm living these moments and not just dreaming about them.

I can't help but get sorta of a Déjà vu feeling with my first nightmare. As if I already lived it and I'm just stuck forever in time reliving this moment. Though how can I be reliving a memory of something that never happened to me?

Yet that how that dream and the others really feel like. As if they are not mere dreams but memories as if I'm living them the moment they are taking place but I still don't get that even.

I do realize magic works differently here then Equestira and there seems to be some underlying psychic link between both worlds, yet to be fully understood or explained to any of our satisfactions.

I can't help but feel something is happening to me or will happen to me. I don't know I just got a gut feeling something very bad is coming though I have no clue what.

Still I have to try and focus on other matters for the time being. For one thing this Saturday we are all going to a carnival as a group date. Everyone else has of course real dates and I only asked a fellow riding classmate to join us just so I would not be the odd girl out. Still I should focus on having a good time with my friends and then getting to go back with my parents.

At least the second thing going to happen soon will not occur till after the carnival has left.

We did end up scheduling an appointment to have me have a session with this well-known and respected child psychologist named Dr. Angela B. Destine. But that not till the end of the month so I have some time to get ready.

I really hope you can try and send me some happier dreams and I hope this time they make it through.

Well must get some sleep. See you both later.

Love Sunset Shimmer."

Closing the book she turned off her light for a second, then switched it back on and grabbed something from a drawer and plugged into the wall by her bed. It was a nightlight in shape of her cutie mark. Maybe this would banish at least for tonight those cursed dreams.

The rest of the week went well and it looked like the big group date would go well as well. There was a lot of planning and things to be done for the date. For example Rarity made all the girls wear her specially made facial mask to really deep clean their faces the night before. They also all tried to get something new from Tecna's mom salon to wear on their date.

Rarity had traded her homemade beauty products to Tecna and her mom so the girls could get in exchange some free manicures and new accessories. It wasn't a bad trade as Tecna told them as she really needed help with her clogged pores and wanted to get rid of some minor acne anyway and felt Rarity's products were twenty times better than those overpriced ache treatments sold on the TV.

So the girls were stunning and a bit sexy when the boys met them at the carnival. All the boys had a single red rose with them which they all gave their respective girls. Well except for Sunset and Solar Wind who gave her a yellow one as a sign of friendship.

Before they went in Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash reminded their sisters to behave and that they had them on their cell phones so they know if any funny business was going on.

The CMC still hated being treated like little kids, however whether they realize it or not too many young teens got caught up in the idea of love and wanting to find some type of fulfillment with anyone they could to make them feel loved. Yet that often led to very poor choices and decisions and really as a kid you don't really think things through. Also more often than not you don't really take the time to get to know someone before you think you're in love. So they really were only looking out for their sisters even if they didn't like it.

Still everyone was having a great time between the thrill rides, games, food and just a little bit of romance it was a grand time by all. The boys all tried to do something to impress their girls, though it was Rainbow Dash who actually won Soarin' a prize not the other way around.

They all did something special. Applejack and Butch both tried to see who was stronger by the strong bell, Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich won a pie eating contest, Fluttershy and Rusty loved being at the small petting zoo, Rarity and Sauvé Debonair had their picture done by one of those cartoon artist, Rainbow Dash went on winning prizes for Soarin' and Twilight and Fledge enjoy the rides and loved it a lot when they got to smash into everyone on the bumper cars.

Sunset and Solar Wind merely enjoyed each other company and talked about how things were going in their training for the upcoming Equestrian Games as they would soon start and this went on for almost three months once the Games started and they just enjoyed talking about that while eating funnel cake and cotton candy.

They all did manage to get on the huge brightly lit Ferris Wheel and looked up at the crystal clear sky which was being dazzled with diamond stars and a full moon. Though Twilight was very nervous getting on the Ferris wheel with Fledge's help she managed to quell her fear.

They were all watching from the perfect seats as the fireworks started. It soon became obvious not even Disneyland, World or even the best Fourth of July shows combined could top just how amazing this firework show was.

Though there were more than one kind of fireworks that night as all the girls except Sunset ended up kissing their dates very passionately during the show and it looked like all of them as they say in Shakespeare kissed by the book or simply they were all seriously good kissers!

For a short time after the carnival Sunset had forgotten most of her troubled thoughts and the nightmares ceased for a few nights. It was actually till the night before she was to go see the new doctor that she ended up getting a reply from Princess Twilight and her husband.

"Dear Sunset Shimmer,

We are truly sorry for your suffering from this evil spell of nightmares. We were suspecting for a short time that somehow Princess Jadis was somehow using dark magic to stop us from sending you your promised beautiful dreams.

Though we have come to the conclusion that is not the case. Whatever is causing your relentless nightmares is not coming from Equestria or any magic from this world as far as we can tell.

We are still attempting like you to truly understand how these two world intertwine and how some things are the same in both world or how magic works in either world. It's quite a mysterious mystery but it's one we shall all keep trying to solve when we have the time.

We did consult the other Princesses on this matter and they could not offer much more than a few other theories and we just must continue to hypothesis what the real connection between our two worlds is.

Though if you could find out by asking my other self at least Princess Cadence did want to know more about her other self as I really only encountered Princess Celestia and Princess Luna's human counterparts and you did say that Princess Cadence was in the other world just with my other self's old school.

So if you could ask the other Twilight if she's got any more information on this Dean Cadence this world one would be very happy to know that.

We still like to know how the romance between me and Twilight is going at CHS and anything else you can tell us would be welcomed. No matter how small or silly we want to know all you have to share.

So we will pray for you and if you could pray for us that would be wonderful. For now we must go. We have some other matters to deal with. For example I promised to go the Ponyville Nursery Ward and bless the newborn foals there and gather their first dream magic. I also am to give a speech at the schoolhouse next week on some of the history of my kingdom for the young ones.

As for me and the rest of my friends? We still are seeing if the map sends us on more missions and continue to help Starlight learn more about friendship.

We also have to actually do a bit of spring cleaning as it were since both Twilight's castle and my floating place have gotten very dirty.

So we're making a group effort to do. So next weekend all our friends will help clean my castle and the following weekend we all go upstairs to help Fledge and Helena clean Fledge's palace.

That's all we can offer right now to you, Sunset. Keep in touch and if you really need us just drop a line.

See you later, sincerely yours, Princess Twilight Sparkle and Prince Fledge Dreamwings."

Sunset hugged the magical book to her heart and felt better then she had in a long time. Feeling at least tomorrow therapy appointment would go well and that she had true friends in this world and Equestira she felt much happier and with those happy thoughts in her mind she knew she would not have those nightmares tonight.

Soon she was in a contented sleep and things were going to be okay the next day for sure.