It had been four days since Void came to Equestria. Celestia had brought them all to Canterlot the following day. In that time, she had a portion of her royal guard working their magic to repair the damages to Ponyville. Everyone had trouble leaving their homes and adjusting to living in the castle except for Twilight but managed to adjust. She had lived in Canterlot after all, and knew the castle. Fluttershy managed to gain the trust of the animals in the royal gardens outside the castle despite what happened at the Grand Galloping Gala. They seemed not to realize who she was without the dress. Rainbow Dash, who despite being grounded because of the explosion, managed to become good friends with Celestia's phoenix Philomena and through her kept herself preoccupied pulling pranks on the guards and some of the people of Canterlot at which Philomena seemed to enjoy doing. Rarity enjoyed getting to see her friend Fancypants again but she also kept worrying about her Boutique and her sister having to be watched by her parents. Applejack was downright homesick. She didn't like being around the people of Canterlot, it reminder her too much of her Aunt and Uncle Orange and life she lived with them, though there was at least more food be had. Pinkie Pie seemed to be in the royal kitchen a lot. To her surprise Celestia's personal chefs were not as much of 'party poopers' as she had thought they might be, given how everyone was at the Grand Galloping Gala.

It was now evening, Twilight was now lying on top of the red bed in her room of Canterlot Castle, gazing out the window at Luna's rising moon. She had been torn about what to think of Void ever since he revived Fluttershy and he was all she could think about. Void was an enigma to her.

He comes to our world and causes massive damage to Ponyville, I get caught in his time spell, Fluttershy dies and he revives her. What does he want here? What does he want from us? He said he came to observe, but what is there to observe. If he the creator of the universe or something shouldn't he already KNOW what he's looking at. This doesn't make any sense!

Twilight began to pound into her head with her hooves in frustration. She couldn't come to any answers and the only way she could find out more was if he showed up again. But Void was nowhere to be seen and had given no trace of his existence ever since their last encounter.

"Think Twilight. Think." She whispered to herself.

"Twilight Sparkle."

Twilight jumped as she heard the voice call from behind. She turned to see a familiar tall, dark blue alicorn with a flowing mane and tail standing in the doorway.

"Princess Luna." Twilight replied, turning to face her, readjusting her composure.

"How are you? I haven't seen you in a while."

"I am fine Twilight." she said, giving Twilight a look of sympathy.

"Your smile betrays your feelings Twilight. I can tell something is troubling you."

Twilight frowned and looked down. She didn't respond.

"This is about Void isn't it?"

Twilight continued to stare at the ground, giving a slight nod. Luna floated up and landed next to her and put her hoof around Twilight's shoulder.

"I know it seems scary to you, being around somepony so strange and yet so powerful. You're unsure of what to think of him. Afraid of what he might be capable of. I felt that way when I had confronted Discord with my sister."

Twilight turned her head to her, Luna was giving her a motherly smile as she continued.

"Yes, I was afraid. Just as you are now. But I remembered I had the friendship of my sister. I didn't have to face it alone."

Twilight looked at her and gave her a look of desperation. Her voice filled with fear as she spoke.

"Void isn't like Discord. He's far more powerful and even less predictable. Discord manage to turn all my friends against me. Void could probably just as easily do the same."

"How can you be so certain Twilight?"

"I'm not certain and that's exactly why I'm afraid of him. I can't figure him out! I don't know what he'll do! Most of all I don't know what he wants!"

Twilight dropped to the floor and put her hooves over her head and shut her eyes tight in frustration. Luna frowned at this and sighed.

"You are not alone in this Twilight. He is just as much of a mystery to me as he is to you. I know he is to Celestia and I'm sure  he is to you friends as well."

Twilight lifted her head in realization of what the princess was telling her. She remembered what Void had said just before he vanished. Expect my presence in the future... all of you.

If he he's going to see us all again. I can't face this alone, and neither can they. We'll have to do this together.

With this Twilight of reminded of all the times her friends have been there for her and the foes they defeated together. She got back to her hooves. She felt calmer, more at ease knowing she wouldn't have to figure it out alone. She turned to face the princess with a sincere smile.

"Thank you princess, I don't know what got into me."

"Your afraid. Its perfectly natural to feel afraid of what you don't understand. You should get some sleep."

"I will. Goodnight princess."

Luna turned and walked out the door, closing it behind her. Twilight shifted in the bed and got beneath the covers. She closed her eyes, thoughts of Void no longer swirling through her mind. She was about to drift off into a peaceful slumber when the felt a wave of energy wash over to her. It felt similar to one she felt when Void froze time but it was different. There was no headache. Twilight lost the feeling of the bed beneath her, it had seemed to just vanish. Her weight seemed to shift as well. As she opened her eyes. Twilight saw dark swirling purple clouds flying past her. She was falling forward into what seemed like and endless vortex. She tried to scream but she couldn't, her body wasn't responding. After a few seconds of terror, the vortex had opened up in front of her. She could only see grey. Her fall seemed to slow suddenly just before she hit the ground. For some reason she felt no pain. It hadn't seemed to hinder her body in any way either as she got back up with ease. Looking around, the entire ground was grey. The sky was black as night and Twilight noticed a C shape in the sky. It was mostly green but had distorted white patterns on it. The sun seemed to be shining next to it, outside the curve, but there was no light shining on the other.

"Where am I?" She asked herself.

Twilight jumped when she heard her voice. It was meant to be in her head but she had heard it aloud. It sounded like a loud echo.

"You are in you dreams." returned a familiar masculine voice. It had seemed to be an echo from all around her, just like her own.

"Void! Where am I and where are you! Show yourself!" She called in a demanding tone.

"You are inside your own dream Twilight Sparkle as am I. I have altered it so that you may only see what I want you to see. You are currently standing on the moon, looking at your home world Equestria."

Little white specs seemed to come from out of nowhere. They began gathering and forming a white ball of light. There was a flash of energy. From it appeared the black and white alicorn right in front of her eyes. Twilight saw the whole thing, she felt no need to look away despite the brightness of the light. Twilight gave him an unwelcoming look.

"What do you want now?" She asked, her tone was calmer but still angry. Void simply gazed at her showing his typical, emotionless face.

"I have simply come to ask you some questions. The answers I receive will determine when we meet again. I know you are frustrated with me right now but please bare with me. I simply want to ask you something. Tell me Twilight Sparkle, why is friendship so important to you?"

Twilight's expression changed from one of seriousness to one of confusion. She hadn't expected him to ask such an odd question. She paused and gave some thought on what to say.

"It's just something that is nice I guess. Knowing that there are others around you who care about you, who'll be there for you and want to spend time together with you. May I ask why you want to know this."

Void's gave an angry expression.

"It is part of my observation and it has confirmed my suspicions about your world." He said in a stern tone.

He turned to face the curve in the sky that was Equestria. Twilight gave him a puzzled look.

"Suspicions about what exactly?"

"Your world is blind Twilight Sparkle, just as you are. You don't know the greater truths of the universe. It is the reality that I enforce. None of you see that friendship cannot help you in life."

Twilight felt a pang of disgust at his words. Her anger rising as it had when she first met Void.

"How can you say that?"

"Because I see the truth Twilight Sparkle, the thing that you as well as you world are blinded from seeing."

"Friendship is a great thing Void. It helps us become happier."

"Feelings of bliss so you cannot see reality? Sounds more to me like a dangerous drug."

Twilight became infuriated at his words. He seemed even more heartless then before. These words seemed too harsh for even him.

"NO! It brings us closer together! Isn't that why you brought Fluttershy back?"

"I revived her because she was an overall benefit to life's cause which is to grow. Not to be blinded by 'friendship' and looking back on it. I wouldn't have done it had I known this was the way you know life and that this is what she would see. It makes sense towards your beliefs in equality though. 'Friendship' is nothing but a feeling that allows one to hide. It cannot help you from the real dangers of the universe. If anything, it makes you more vulnerable to its harsh ways."

"That's not true! The power of friendship has helped us defeat great foes in the past! It won't stop us from protecting Equestria!"

"Twilight I have looked at your so called foes through your memories and I assure you that there are worse beings in the universe. The only reason you defeated them was because they made fatal errors. I promise you there are creatures in the universe that don't make such mistakes and I am one of them. Also, 'friendship' did not help you. Magical artifacts that are powered by your feelings are what helped you. You know them as the Elements of Harmony and while they are powerful, they are heavily flawed."

"Being together still make us stronger!"

"In numbers perhaps. But there are forces that can overwhelm even the population of your entire world. And you'd never be prepared for them."

"How do you know!?"

"Because I know the truth. The truth the universe lives in. The truth you will soon come to know whether you want to or not."

"I thought you said life isn't about equality! Why would you try to change us to be like everything else?"

"It's not, and that's not the reason I am doing this. I know you'd find it hard to believe but I am doing this for the sake of your world. Much like how a father would discipline his child in order to better prepare the child for its life ahead."

"But its worked out for us for so long."

"Only because this world has remained unaltered for so long. Because I had left it alone after its creation. And knowing what it has now become, that is something I regret."

"But its grown into something so good. How could you just put an end to that?"

"I'm not putting an end to what's good Twilight. I am going enlighten this world."

Twilight paused. For the time, she wasn't sure of what else to say. Being with her friends had never once been a bad thing. It was only when they changed that it became a bad thing but that was only when Discord intervened with there lives. Was Void planning to do the same? She didn't want her friends or her world to change and the way Void was talking about it filled her with fear and anger. Without thinking she spoke up.

"Your not going to change my friends!"

"I have no intention of changing them. At least not personality wise. I am going to teach them and you what you have yet to understand."

"How do you know Equestria even needs this?"

"Because Twilight Sparkle, I have looked at all the books that are of value to me and taken all the memories of every single intellectual creature on this rock. I can do this all in a time flux Twilight and I now know the only reason you got caught in the first one was a small mistake on my part and sheer luck on yours. It is not surprising to me that you cannot see that as you and you world are the ones being blinded."

Void turned around and began walking away. Twilight didn't know Void's exact power but she knew he was more powerful then princess Celestia and he could probably stay true to his words She was afraid she would lose her friends now. She spoke up, her tone changing from angry to fearful.

"Isn't there any easier way?"

"No there is not. Believe me if there was I would use it instead of this Twilight Sparkle but the sad truth is there is not."

"Can't you at least give friendship a chance?"

Void paused. He felt sympathetic for Twilight. Void knew the just how hard learning cruelty that life has can be. Excepting the possibilities succumbing to violence and death in one's actions can be traumatic for one who is new to it. Though he had never actually felt it himself, he could imagine the pain that it must come with. He sighed and turned around to face her, giving her a smile.

"Perhaps. If you think you can teach me then try when you get the chance. But don't expect me to be welcoming of it. Goodbye Twilight Sparkle."

Twilight's vision became blurred. Her eyes shut involuntarily and and she felt herself thrust upwards. Gravity seemed to shift once more and she felt herself lying on something soft and warm. No doubt it was her bed. She slowly opened her eyes. Looking out the window to see Celestia's rising sun in the distance.

She was even more afraid now then she was she went to sleep.