Midnight and Twilight made way to the local diner, quickly finding a seat in the far corner away from prying eyes. Even though Midnight didn't consider himself royalty, Being the only male Alicorn alive had other ponies thinking differently.

"So Night, what was with all the research earlier while I was making tea?" Twilight asked as she looked through the menu.

"Nothing really. I've always been interested in science and related material but every time I read a book I could never fully grasp the information which usually meant me being stumped and having to locate all of the material again only to forget again." He laughed.

"A never ending cycle?" Twilight smirked causing Midnight to point a hoof at her.

"Precisely." he laughed. "But now that I have a photographic memory, I can do all the research I want now and actually move forward with my prior plans from when I was on earth."

Twilight cocked her head confused as to what he meant before asking. "So what were your big plans before being sucked into this world?"

"Well, I had always thought that inter-dimensional travel would be possible. Or even wormholes that would be a short distance from one part of the universe to another. There were so many things that I thought about that I never truly picked one specific thing to plan about. You could say its multiple plans rolled into one."

Twilight thought for a moment as to what Midnight was speaking about. "But inter-dimensional travel is possible with magic. Even teleporting massive distances to alternate planets and such are all possible with the right spell and right amount of magic."

Midnight smiled. "To true, but technology was what I was referring to. Not magic. However you forget the variables that coincide with that travel. What if the place you travel to does not have the same atmosphere as your home world? What if gravity is stronger or lighter? What if all the food was poisonous to you but not the local people? There are literally countless variables that could come into play that could not only end your life, but also enhance it. I don't know if you realize it or not, but when I was brought here. If your planets atmosphere was different than mine, I would not have survived beyond a couple minutes, if that."

Twilight finally realized what Midnight was referring to. "Then that means our planets are linked in some way, The literature is one big clue. But, what if our worlds have other similarities?"

"I thought you'd never say that." Midnight smiled summoning a map of the world Equestria was part of, Then a map of his home planet, Earth.

"Take a look. If you look at just the shape of the continents, you will noticed something eerily familiar." He smiled

Twilight's eyes went wide seeing the shape of the lands. "They are almost identical. Despite a few missing land masses and a few misshapen continents, they look almost identical."

"Yes exactly. Although I would love to attempt to build a device that could transport me back home so that I could potentially sale it and possibly remain there. I have to admit, this is my home now. Even though I do miss home I dare not return." Midnight lowered his gave tot he table.

"But why not?" Twilight asked rather stumped.

"Fear." He said as his eyes widened looking to Twilight.

"Fear? But whats to fear?" She smirked.

Midnight slumped forward placing his forehooves together His face and demeanor very serious.

"Imagine if technology or the use of those spells fell into the wrong hands or hooves. The beings involved may be from a dieing planet and out to find a new home....."

"But that wouldn't be so bad. I can see taking refugees from another planet into our own. I'm sure the princess can care......" She interrupted but was interrupted by Midnight.

"Billions?" he spoke, a hint of ice behind his voice.

"W-what?" Twilight spoke in a shaky voice.

"Millions, Billions, possibly even more. Or quite possibly a lot less. With how little food your planet is supplying, any refugees would cause mass starvation to the populace. There is also the probability of invaders looking for resources to plunder from a technologically deficient world. From what I have seen so far, this world is similar to my world roughly a hundred years ago. But with the adaption of magic. Your world could defend itself from most of the invaders."

"T-this is all to much. To think I have never thought of that is just, awful." Twilight rubbed her temples trying to think but the waitress had walked up.

"Are we ready to order?" Plum smiled to the two.

After placing there order they continued the conversation about parallel worlds, inter-dimensional travel, technology, physics, and countless other egghead material. There order had arrived within minutes of placing it and quickly consumed to continue the conversation.

"Honestly Midnight, I never thought you to be so well read." Twilight smiled dreamily at him. "And your theories, I've never heard of such a strange point of view on them. Or even thought about half of them. I think I'm going to be doing a lot more research in the near future." She giggled.

"Heh it's not all daffodils and daisies darlin. I can't shut my mind down when I go to sleep at night. Sometimes I stay up for days at a time just thinking about random stuff. I usually pass out after a few days, but the process repeats itself. Sometimes I can get to sleep, others I can't. It feels like a curse really, and its only been getting worse since I became an Alicorn. I think this is literally the fourth day I've been without sleep." He gave a tired smile as Twilight gave a shocked expression.

"But that can't be true. Just the other night when you stayed at the library you looked like you were asleep." She countered.

"Just resting my eyes. I don't usually fall asleep with my wings still folded Twi."

Twilight at that point remembered when Dash and Shy slept over at times, when they were asleep Dash usually snored but they both had limp wings while asleep. Fluttershy usually slept on her stomach while Dash was chaotic and random usually laying half way off of her bed or upside down on her head. Every time though her wings would be sprawled out.

"You know Night, I have a spell that could help you sleep, I could teach it to you and you could cast it on yourself. It would take effect within a couple minutes and you could still be awoken by an alarm clock or pony if needed. Other than that, it wouldn't last more than eight hours." She smiled. Midnight smiled at her as tears ran down his cheeks catching Twilight off guard.

"W-why are you crying?" she asked unsure as to how to handle the situation.

"I'm just so happy that you would do something like that for me. If I had known about this sooner I would have asked you to teach me." He smiled wiping away the tears.

"Well If you want, I'm sure Rarity wouldn't mind you sleeping over at the Library. The guest bed is still upstairs. With all the recent events I haven't had Spike move it back to storage in the basement." She smiled.

"That honestly sounds fantastic. You have any other plans tonight? Cause if not, I would LOVE to get to bed finally." He smirked.

"I don't have any plans. I'll just be reading a little downstairs after I cast the spell on you."

"Shall we go then?"

"Let's."

XXX

After making it back to the library Midnight and Twilight arrived upstairs. Midnight crawled onto the guest bed as Twilight readied the spell. She instructed Midnight on how to successfully use it with little concentration. He smiled resting his head onto the pillow and watched as Twilight cast the spell, her horn seemed to glow a light purple in Midnights eyes as he watched her, His vision began to blur slightly as his eyes felt heavy, slowly he finally fell asleep. Twilight smiled watching him finally go to sleep, his wings drooped slightly then fell limp to his sides. A light snore came from him as he slept. She smiled seeing how peaceful he was, then slowly made her way downstairs to read.

A couple hours passed as the time finally hit eleven PM. Twilight yawned as she closed her book heading upstairs. Spike had decided to stay with the Cutie Mark Crusaders at Sweet Apple acres for the night so Midnight and herself were alone in the library. She climbed the stairs to her room where Midnight was also sleeping in the spare bed. As she entered the room she couldn't help but smile watching Midnight laying on his back gently kicking the air as he dreamed. She came over to him pulling the covers up a little but stopped as she listened to him begin to talk.

"He talks in his sleep? That's strange." She giggled listening in.

"N-no............ Need to.............. get everyone............... to safety..................." Midnight mumbled as he slept.

"He must be having a nightmare. I should wake him." She said giving him a shake.

"Midnight, wake up, your having a nightmare." She spoke loudly as she shook the sleeping Alicorn.

Midnight kicked harder in his sleep as one of his wings sprung to life almost knocking Twilight to the side. She caught herself in time before the wing could throw her far. Using her magic she restrained Midnight to keep him from thrashing about.

"This isn't going to end well." She groaned shaking him harder and harder but his eyes never opened. "Dammit, I dread having to go into dreams at times. But I guess this is one time that will have to be done." She spoke as her horn began to glow, pressing it to Midnight's head as a flash of light shot through the room.

Author's Notes: The next chapter will be the dream sequence alone as Twilight works with Midnight to escape his dream.