Princess Luna has served as Guardian of the Dreamscape for millennia, patrolling dreams, destroying nightmares, and generally making sure that nopony ever has to be scared of the monsters in their closet. For just as many years, she's managed to perform her role without incident. However, during a routine dream patrol, she comes across a group of intruders: the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who have entered the Dreamscape to find their cutie marks.

Unfortunately for them, the Dreamscape doesn't take kindly to outsiders.

Now, Luna must find and return the fillies to Equestria, or else the Dreamscape—and the universe itself—will fall apart by the seams.

This fic was originally written for the Writeoff Association's January contest, "All In."

Thanks to Doseux, OkemosBrony, Honeycomb, Cold in Gardez, and M1Garand8 for pre-reading. Cover edited by me. Cutie Mark Crusader vector by PsychicWalnut. Luna vector by TheShadowStone. Background by Hawk9mm.