My dream was nice and sweet for an amazing twenty seconds. I was in a forest in the night time, with a canopy of trees the size of towers looming over my head and flowed off to the edge of my vision. Since most of the leaves had fallen, moonlight glittered across the ground in astonishing patterns and colors, mainly brown and blue from the dead leaves scattered about. Wind rippled through the leaves, giving a soft chill to roll across my back.

It smelled like fresh, unpolluted nature, something I couldn't perceive at first. Being a Texan (or an American in general), there weren't too many places open to actually enjoy such feelings. There was also another smell that reminded me of chewed gum, which felt off to the tranquil setting.

I had just finished absorbing the sights as i saw something glitter in a tree. An egg, about the size of an ostridge's egg, layed in a homely nest. The sphere was patterned with blue and white spots, sparkling against Luna's light. It was by far the most beautiful egg I've ever seen, so much so that I nearly told my dream to go grab it for me.

Not two seconds later did I see a shadow as long as a trireme zip through the trees and grab the shiny bird's egg. It hit the ground, the poor baby clamped in razor sharp claws. At that point, the moon could have shut off, because I really didn't want to see the little fella go.

The beast was almost the size of the trees, glowering at the egg as if it was his least favorite dish. He (I assumed it was a he) gleamed his scales like a crimson disco ball across the trees, showing a reptilian body with thin, bony wings like the world's largest, most pissed off bat/iguana hybrid around. Green spikes curved out of his spine, starting from the battering ram of a tail and trailing up to his forehead.

The first thought that came was, that's the evilest Mohawk I have ever seen. The second was, he better not eat that pretty egg!

When he opened his mouth, the gum smell got worse, mixing with thousands of meals that really needed some breath mints shot into. That all added to his dangerous appearance. Rows of teeth deadly enough for Zaanne to fangirl over seemed to sparkle in the twilight (pun intended). The baby bird was the size of a bowling ball, but the dragon popped it like a pill.

I looked away as he ate, which later felt like a stupid idea if I were actually standing there. I'd most likely be his next meal.

Something stirred behind the dragon, and a human came out of the shadows. I was only partially startled when I realized it was one of the duo of aliens. She didn't look like them, now being a skinny girl with long curly red hair, shaggy blue jeans and an XL jacket with a peace mark glinting in the dark. Looks were deceiving with them, though. It's the eyes that tell the story; they were glowing faintly green, illuminating around her face like superman about to use eco-friendly heat vision.

"Hello." The hippy said softly.

The dragon reared his head over to the girl and growled deeply. It spoke deeply, the words echoing through the forest. "Who do you think you are, approaching a mighty dragon like an equal?! Cower!"

The alien didn't seem to care about the insult of being a lesser being, and continued to inch forward. "I can be a friend, or maybe I can be an enemy. The chances of me just being eaten is also to be considered." She spread her arms out. "I'm sure you can distinguish who I will be forthcoming this chat."

The lizard scratched his head, which sounded like a knife being dragged across solid steel. Once he registered the words, he scowled in a very dragon-like way. "What's your name?"

"I haven't got one..." The question seemed to puzzle the alien. "The only name I've been called is Gi, and Clarissa, but i don't think those are right." She shook her head and looked into the dragon's yellow eyes. "Anyway, I came to suggest a new entrée for you next supper."

They were squinting down at the puny insect, as if he wanted to eat it, yet was amused by the fact it could talk. "You have ten seconds to explain, and five more to tell me where it is."

The alien pursed her lips. "Well if you have an appetite for ponies and magic crystals, I have just the place for you."

"And why shouldn't I just eat you?" It seemed like a great idea to me.

"Oh you can eat me later, but first I'll show you where to get some nice, warm ponies to gobble up!" She sounded like how my sister acts when Awolnation has a concert in town. "But you mustn't be greedy, there's plenty of ponies to share with the rest of your kin."

At the word "share", he growled deep enough for a full grown lion to cower. "They will NOT, this meal is mine!" He sniffed the air, trying to find something else to eat until supper. "Ponies, that shouldn't be too hard to eat."

"Oh, there has only been one dragon that has meddled with this group, and I heard he left crying. It might be too much to-"

The dragon roared so loudly, the trees momentarily parted, showing his entire murderous image. "YOU DO NOT SPEAK OF MY RACE AS SUCH WEAKLINGS!" His literacy felt off in my head, though he might have said it correctly for all I know; the words were still buzzing in my ears.

"Then we leave at noon, it'll be about two hours of flight there."

"What's in it for you then?" The dragon asked. He had at least a little common sense. I'm not sure if I liked it. "Why bother telling me about this place?"

"Two reasons," the alien started, sitting on the dragon's foot like a cute green kitty. "First off, they have a specific crystal I'd like to get my hands on. Secondly-" she directed her attention to the side, and I swore her eyes were straight onto mine. "I need to buy some space eggs and milk."

"Then I appeared here." I said, finishing up the story to the gang.

"Alright then," Zaanne sat up, mixed with excitement and determination. "What are dragon types weak to?"

The ship said, "They are weak to dragon and ice, recently they have a new weakness to fairy type moves. Resistant to nearly all other types."

"To hell with any of this new Pokémon crap, we're being original here." He looked at a ball that Scootaloo hit with fire. "Anypony know how to control ice?"

Scootaloo stayed quiet during the entire story, but she spoke up. "If they attack ponyville with a dragon, can't Fluttershy just tell him off?"

I responded. "My guess is that the other dragon Fluttershy faced was tired to begin with, which made him easier to break down. This guy looked wide awake to me." Fluttershy was amazing for getting a full grown dragon to leave without it blowing up her team, but he was also about to take a century nap. It was most likely too exhausted to want to go through the trouble of eating before bed.

Zaanne had stopped listening as i spoke. He looked off and mumbled to himself, his face showing deep thought. "With your weak magic, I'm not sure we could hold off the dragon, and I can't switch out for more than a few minutes for now."

"For now?" I asked.

He stared away from the group, now lost in his head, which I could relate to at the moment. "You two wake up, get Pinkie to make this-" a piece of paper floated into my lap. "-only tell Twilight, Pinkie and Applebloom about the dragon, then get as far away from Ponyville with them."

Ship seemed to just realize how spaced out Zaanne was. "You planned that out quickly, do you know what will happen?"

"I may not tell the future like Scootaloo, but if I'm right, Twilight should be able to get everypony out of town before the attack and Pinkie will be a great help with the defenses." He pointed to Scootaloo. "And we need to hide your girlfriend from the aliens."

The color drained from Scootaloo's face, immediately becoming bright red. "S-she's not my girlfriend!"

"Really?" I leaned to her, examining her face. I couldn't read emotions, as usual, but the Pegasus' eyes wouldn't meet mine, and they blinked a lot. Her eyebrows curved upwards, though i couldn't tell if that was from embarrassment or confusion. "How many hints do you need to get you on your way with her?"

Zaanne inturupted. "We don't have time for relationship status problems! Now you two wake up, and do what i told you!" He snapped his fingers and I reappeared on Fluttershy's sofa.

It had finished snowing last night, and the fire I had summoned died a while ago.My brain said it was about 3:00, since the sun had barely peaked above the horizon. Fluttershy was up early as well, sipping some tea at the table we ate at and staring out the window.

She wore some rubber boots and the scarf and sweater again, the ski cap set aside her. She hadn't noticed my awakening, she just sighed and stared out to the snow-covered world. I looked out and my eyes widened.

The land was covered in white, unleaved trees lining far away like a miniature forest of silver. I hadn't seen anything so still, yet so amazing. No wind, no talking, the area was calm and nice, nothing like a dragon's eating ground. I looked back to the mare, and the snow felt insignificant.

She must have noticed me, because she broke her concentration to look into my eyes. "Good morning, did you sleep well?"

It took a second to realize she spoke. Seeing into her eyes, I realized how animals must have felt when she have them the Stare. Disturbing her was intolerated, disobeying her was suddenly unheard of. I tried to say something about having a terrible dream, but all that came out was, "Uhhhhmm- huh?"

She realized she was staring into my soul and blinked, releasing my brain. "S-sorry!" She whispered, "I was just looking at your eyes and the Stare came out." I couldn't tell how intentional it was, considering, last i checked, she controlled it herself.

"It's alright." I rubbed the weariness out of my eyes, staring out the window. Humans complimented my eyes a lot, seeing as how they're baby blue, sometimes even grey. I didn't think much of it, considering humans just complimented when they wanted something from me. Speaking of humans, i remembered there were two human impersonators trying to kill me. "But I do have a suggestion for what to do today."

"Yes?" She crossed her forelegs gently to the floor and leaned forward on them.

"There's something coming, something bad. You should go warn Twilight to get everypony away from town."

She sipped her tea through a straw, which seemed a little unconventional for a teacup. I guess it helped when you didn't have hands. "What's coming?"

A psychopathic duo of aliens and a typical dragon, why not? I didn't say that since she was afraid of dragons, so I used the half-truth explanation. "Some bad monsters are comming to try and eat us up, and one intends on stealing Applebloom, if I'm correct."

Even with avoiding the word "dragon", her face showed obvious worry. She stood up quickly, voice quavering. "Oh no! I-I'll go get Twilight, can you please make sure Applebloom is okay?"

She was already halfway out the door when I responded. "Scootaloo's already on that, I'm off to get Pinkie help defend the town." She nodded and we raced to town square, where Sugarcube Corner stood brightly in the snow.

"Be carefull," Fluttershy warned before galloping to the library.

Outside felt like a Winter wonderland, but I'd have to enjoy the snow after fending off the dragon. I ran in. Pinkie pie was up already, in nothing but a pink scarf with purple polka-dots and four ice skates slung over her back. She tossed the blades to a table that looked like it had been assaulted with syrup. "Hi Zaanne!" She yelled, hopping over to inspect my clothes. I recalled taking most of the clothes off at Fluttershy's house, but now I was fully dressed for winter again, thanks to the crystal. "Come here for some delicious cupcakes? Or maybe some flatcakes!"

"You mean pancakes?"

She gasped and smiled up to her ears. "That's the perfect name for them! It's a cupcake made in a pan! 'PANCAKE'!" She hopped from table to table, chanting with far too much energy for it being so early in the morning, "Pancakes Pancakes Pancakes!"

"Actually, I'd like what's on this list-" from my jacket pocket, I pulled out the list, reread it, then gave it to the mare. "- and a shot of whatever makes you the most hyper."

She looked at the paper and stared back, fairly stunned. "Well this is an odd list, with such a weird request under it." She giggled like a maniac and skipped to the kitchen. "It'll be right out, plus one 'Super Duper Pinkie-style Cocoa'!"

That sounded dangerously delicious, so I sat next to a table and watched the hyperactive pony bolt from the kitchen to up the stairs, then the cash register, the table, the kitchen, the roof (not sure why), then dissappeared back into the bakery.

I'll be damned if you survive both the dragon AND the cocoa, Zaanne muttered in awe of Pinkie's multitasking skills.

A few seconds later, Pinkie Pie trotted back with two coffee mugs covered in whip cream. "It's warm, but cool enough to drink at once." She showed this by emptying her entire drink in one gulp. She smiled and ran around some more. I shrugged and took a sip.

It wasn't more than a milliliter, but the world slowed down around me. I could feel my pupils dilating as the energy hit me tenfold compared to the magic crystal. "What's in this?!"

"Compressed magic sugar crystals, i think." She flipped off a beam in the roof and landed next to the broken table. "The effect only lasts about ten minutes or so, but it leaves you wide awake!" She looked at Zaanne's list and nodded. "I'm gonna make your order now. Also, your glowing, thought I should say that." Then she was gone.

She was right; after another sip, the magic tattoos reappeared across my body. My senses went into overdrive, hearing every pony in ponyville yawn and shuffle around drowsy. I didn't even look outside to know that Scootaloo was riding her scooter to Sweet Apple Acres, which was nearly a mile away. It was like I could smell the snow just by looking at it. The fact that I could almost smell colors only slightly bothered me.

Alrighty then! Zaanne feels what I feel sometimes, so I guess he got hit with the hyper treat as well. With this cocoa, we'll surely be able to kick some reptilian ass!

Ship found the perfect time to ruin the mood. "The aliens gathered more than one dragon."

"What?" I asked hypothetically.

"Go to the roof of the building and listen." Ship commanded.

Getting to the roof was easy, I just batted my wings and jumped from my hind legs, firing me up like a rocket. When I reached the tip of the building, I closed my eyes and listened as hard as possible. The sugar rush made it so I could hear much farther than ponyville. After some mental thought to find dragon roars, I sensed about five or six growls and wings flapping from somewhere far away. "Well, crap."

"Save the rest of the hot chocolate," Ship suggested, still sounding like the Chosen One. "There's also an item that'll help us out in Twilight's labratory, if my memory serves right."

I made the cup of hot chocolate dissapear to wherever all of my stuff goes, then headed off to the library, leaping over buildings with a single bound and running on walls, just for the fun of it. With no more wind messing with my flight, I wasn't crashing every time I glided, but it was still about as easy as riding a unicycle without pedals. I hit the ground and used my momentum to zip through Twilight's open window.

I landed safely enough, though I had to roll to avoid crashing into Twi. Fluttershy stood at the door, but jumped to my sudden appearance. "Z-Zaanne?"

"Hey Fluttershy, how's the conversation going? Good, great!" I flipped over the unicorn to the lab entrance. "Mind if I borrow your magic enhancer-thingy?"

"Wait, what's going on?" Twilight asked. "Is it the same problem that Fluttershy stated?"

"Yes, but it's abit worse than I had expected." I sped through what I had heard, still avoiding the dragon part. "So, i have the energy, but now i could really use some extra magic to help us out."

Fluttershy said, "But you're a pegasus..."

Twilight shook her head, far too calm for what i needed "Everyone has magic, just some species can activate it easier."

I tugged impatiently on the handle "Great, so can you help us all and unlock the door?"

The unicorn really didn't have too many reasons to trust my instincts, so a small part of me figured she'd just toss off the words, or suspect I'm secretly with the bad guys, considering most people don't just dream of monsters attacking the place.

"Well..." The unicorn pulled out some keys and hovered it into the door's lock. I didn't recall there being a lock on the door in the show, but now it had a metal key hole under the knob. With a twist and click, the door swung open.

if you die, Zaanne said crossly, I'm keeping our body.

I muttered under my breath, "Thanks, i feel sooo confident." I looked behind me. Fluttershy was staring back, confused, and Twilight stood next to me, since i didn't know how to get the machine working. "Flutters, you coming?"

She looked to the dark tunnel to the lab and frowned. "That looks a little dark." But for some reason she followed along anyway.

"Onward!" All three of us went back to the lab.

Author's Notes:

The descriptions slowly got worse for some reason...