Looking forward with steady determination I clapped my hands together much like one does when praying. The resulting hum emitted and crackling of electricity brought a wide grin to my face. Slamming my hands into the ground of the arena, the electricity that danced around my fingers dove into the foundation of the stage.

“Biggity bam!... Magic!” For a brief moment, I saw my opponent give a look of confusion. Then within the sparks a wall suddenly rose from the ground, protecting me from the incoming magic blasts that had been sent my way. Faust's missiles crashed into my wall and easily exploded my protective barrier causing it to come down on top of me with a loud crumbling sound.

As the dust cleared and I crawled out of the mountain of rubble, I began to see the form of a battle-ready alicorn charging up a spell. Her silhouette was terrifying and the glow of her horn slowly grew. She fired some type of laser blast in my direction, and the heat radiating off of it could be felt from where I was. The dust quickly separated, almost fleeing from the red ball of death, and it's wake.

“(A wall? Come on kid can't you do better than that?)” The alicorn's taunts boomed in my mind as I tried to think of something to counter her attack before it reached me. So far nothing came to mind, and the heat was gradually increasing as the death ball got closer.

“(Awww the look of despair is so clear, I guess I win. You don't have the time!)” Faust continued to mock me hoping for me to accept defeat and allow her victory. But I wasn't ready to give in just yet.

“Shi Shi hokodan!” (Try to guess that one)

A blast of ki shot out of my hands and the two red orbs met in the center of the arena. The result was a blast that swept me and my opponent off our feet and near the edges of the impossibly long stage. When I got up I noticed my opponent had decided to back up and put some distance between the two of us. She was waiting patiently holding the same stoic expression that Celestia was so accustomed to.

As we stared each other down a buzzer went off signaling the ten-minute mark had been reached. I smirked. "I think it's time to finish this Lauren."

"(Agreed, we are both on opposite sides of the stage whoever knocks the other off wins.)"

Lauren got into her respective attack stance ready to unleash her next attack. I responded by crouching down and cupping my hands together at my side. This time, I had the time to charge.

Lauren started some sort of spell that from my point of view was absorbing the elections from the elements around her. It began dissolving the stage, making it a pile of dust. As our power increased the used to be stage blew away in an unfeeling wind.

I was getting giddy, my next attack was something I had been wanting to experience for years now and if it worked it would win this night's tournament for sure.

"Ka-me-ha-ahhh!"

My moment of glory was short-lived as my back was singed with the stinging sensation of a magic blast. My opponent and I both looked the direction where the blast came from. And to our horror there stood Luna with an angry scowl at the creature that dared attack her mother. That creature being me. Her battle stance made my passenger's angry gaze look like a cat stretching in the morning. Luna was a different story from Lauren in every respect. She wore a look of pure rage, and even though this was a dream I could feel her power radiating off of her.

"Do not fret mother, I shall remove thy nightmare from thy dream." She ground her teeth saying those words as she tried to bore holes into me by her staring eyes.

Luna lurched her head forward and a beam of magic shot out. The diameter would have to be ten feet across and there was no way out for me. "Oh, crap baskets!" Was the last thing I said before I was so violently woken up by the sensation of my flesh burning.

I awoke with a sudden jolt and discovered myself to be in a cold sweat. That dream had just been a little too much for me to handle. A ghostly pain still spread through my body and my heartbeat remained rampant.

After two minutes of steadily controlled breathing, I managed to get myself calm enough to notice the feeling of drowsiness come upon me. As I flopped back down onto my pillow I heard a muffled groan of irritation. Snapping my head to my side, I saw Celestia cuddling a portion of my blankets. I jumped back in surprise of my visitor and accidentally knocked Luna off the other side of the bed. We both tumbled down to the floor with hollering shrieks.

Once Luna and I hit the floor she basically shot herself out of the dream realm and back into reality. Quickly she got into a defensive stance and readied herself for any possible attack. Luna held her position until she realized where she was, then she turned to face me.

I was just sitting on the ground with a stupid look on my face. When she saw me, she calmed down and sat beside me. Turning to face her I asked in a stern whisper. “What are you and Celestia doing in my bed?”

“We thought it good to catch up on old times.” The alicorns uncomfortable fidgeting and pouting face quickly began to subdue my rage.

“You both nearly gave me a heart attack.” I deadpanned.

“We art sorry mother, if thou wish Tia and I shall remain in our quarters.”

“Mother?...”

“Hmm?”

“What's wrong?” Luna looked at me with an intense expression of worry.

“It's nothing Luna. I just, I was just surprised. There's no need for you to change and stay in your portion of the castle. What makes you happy makes me happy.”

The night princess gave me a soft smile and leaned her head against my shoulder. “Thank th-you mom.”

After the moment had passed, Luna seemed to remember something and looked up at me. “For what reason did thouest wake? I made sure no nightmare entered thy dreams.” I sighed at her question. Her innocence was annoyingly something that made Luna impossible to stay mad at. Even if she did turn me into dust in the dream realm. Nuzzling my new daughter I began to think up an explanation for her question; one that wouldn't divert too far from the truth.

“ Well... In the other world that I was in, fighting with a friend or rival was done in such a way. The place we were in was a fighting arena for a tournament. Even if it had looked like an intense battle the other figure you saw in the dream was actually a friend of mine.”

Giving Luna a few seconds for my rushed explanation to sink in, she suddenly looked horrified. “Mother I'm so sorry I did not know thy nightmare was a dream!”

“It's fine, it's not like you actually killed him. I'll just finish my match some other time. Perhaps you could be the judge of who wins.”

“If I may so ask, what is the battle th-you have with the creature?”

“A battle of imagination. Both ponies and humans have come up with fictional attacks and abilities. Our battle was to see which imaginary attacks would best the other. Tonight the rule was that we were only allowed to attack with blasts.”

“It sounds quite simple, but how would you know what your friend would attack with?”

“Um.. because I've known him for a long time.” I began to feel my nerves rising, everyone knows the more a person lies the harder it is to keep it a secret. And I was always a bad at lying. Hoping to change the subject I searched the room for any form of a distraction. While doing so I glanced at the time. The clock showed it was nine twenty-two in the night.

At least showing to the clocks in this world. Normally on earth, the proper timing would be six or so in the morning and one could see the light flickering over the mountaintops. However looking out the window one could see the vast darkness that enveloped the world.

“So, around what time do you two change shifts?” I decided to play dumb.

Luna followed my gaze to the window and got what I was getting at. She paused almost as if she was trying to think of a proper response.

“Would t-you like it to be day?”

I held in a chuckle at the sight of Luna's growing frustration with herself. Ever since I arrived and spoke with modern speech, Luna decided to begin her efforts to speak in the current form of equestrian again. It was a comical process.

“No, not necessarily the night is quite comfortable. I just wanted to know when the switch was. Every time I wake up it's already morning.”

“Oh, then it's when the clock says twelve.”

“So it's around three hours from now. What do you say about us heading to the kitchen? I kind of feel up to a late night snack."

Luna just gave me a small nod. We both got up and silently made our way to the door. Traveling on the tips of our hooves so as to not wake Celestia from her sleep. When we reached the door ‘my daughter’ looked at me with wide, worried, eyes.

“Magic is too loud we will have to use our hooves,” She warned.

I nodded in acknowledgment and stood ready to open the grand entrance. Right before I opened the gate separating me and my food; Luna quietly but sternly questioned my methods on the old door.

“How dost ye hope to open the door without it squeaking?”

“We open it really really fast.”

We reached a silent agreement and we both took our positions. Luna got the door lock, and I swung the tall wall as fast as it would open.

Both Luna and I cringed at the loud but fast shriek of the door’s hinges. Snapping our heads towards the other occupant in the room, we saw the noise we caused seemed to be of minor concern to Celestia as she slept. Really that mare can sleep well for someone who rules the world of the conscious.

As we walked down the hall on the main floor, I decided it would be best to make conversation and learn about my new friend slash daughter."So has anything interesting happened over the past few days during the night?"

"Nothing really, it would seem all the mischief happens during the day; such as the throne room's new paint job."

"It was a mistake! That noble knocked himself out bowing when he learned who I was. How was I supposed to keep my concentration while I was laughing?!"

Luna let out a chuckle as she continued to torment me with my past mistake."Sorry mother but it is humorous. The way cadence and Tia looked with a black coat, all I could see was their eyes."

"Whatever, let's just get something to eat," I grumbled earning another round of laughter from the princess.

Eventually, the doors to the kitchen became visible at the end of the hallway, and at seeing how distant it was, I quickened my pace. Luna, however, seemed content with her current speed. If we wanted to eat before daybreak is had to do something about that.

“Race ya.” I winked at ‘my’ daughter and started into a full gallop.

“Hey, that is not fair! Thouest started early!”

Soon, however, I found myself being overtaken by the dark mare. Her tall stature giving her an unfair advantage in running speeds.

“Awww... Damn your long legs!” I cursed at the dark mare venting my frustration. This body was supposed to be all powerful damn it.

Luna responded to my complaint by looking back at me and blowing a raspberry. “Too bad mother you lose!”

(Bang!)

Unfortunately, for Luna, her long legs were too much of an advantage. When she took her focus away from where she was going, she ended up ramming her face into the flat surface of the wall.

I stifled a burst of laughter at Luna's unfortunate loss. She slumped to the ground in a daze, but she looked fine none the less. Suddenly, my focus diverted from the Princess to the kitchen door. It was slightly ajar, and as far as I knew there was nopony making food or working during the night on meals. At least not at this hour.

Cautiously I approached the door. Slowly pushing it open. I saw a flicker of green light illuminate the walls of the kitchen. The light was accompanied by a familiar sound of flames flowing upward and dancing through the air.

Preparing myself for any jump scares I slowly made my way to the door frame and waited. My preparedness, however, became a waste when I eventually let my guard down. I took another step into the royal kitchen only to bump into Lillybreeze making a hasty retreat. Her sudden appearance startled me to no end as I fell on my flank.When she laid eyes on me she skidded to a stop and dreaded fear covered her face. She'd been caught, by the queen of Equestria.

While I had my little stare down with my maid Luna managed to pick herself up from the hallway floor. She trotted over to my side overlooking what happened and continued to try reading into the situation.

“Luna if you don't mind could you go into the kitchen I need to talk with Lillybreeze for a moment.” My voice was stern and cold. It unintentionally drew, even more, fear from the mare in front of me.

‘My daughter’ stared at me for a moment in bewilderment then slowly she obeyed and made her way inside the kitchen door, closing it after her. Once I was alone with my subject I turned my attention back to Lillybreeze. Somehow she sank even more under my gaze. “It's okay, I’m not mad at you. I just want to talk.”

The maid looked up at me with pleading eyes then back to the kitchen door. At seeing her concern, my frustration spiked for a moment, and I punched the door. My actions earned a muffled cry of pain from the other side of the wall. I let out a sigh. “Let's continue this elsewhere.”

Taking in our surroundings, I looked for the closest place to talk privately. I walked into the dining hall while being followed by my hesitant maid. Once inside I locked the doors with my newfound magical ability so that there would be no interruptions. I felt kind of sad for the form of the poor mare shaking in fear.

“If it's alright with you could you drop your disguise, and tell me your real name?”

As soon as I stated my requests she began violently shaking in fear crouching down before me covering her head. “I-It's P-Princess Adorilin.”

A flash of green flames covered the shivering mare. Revealing small changeling queen barely the size of myself. Her hair was more blue than green and the holes in her legs nearly ran all the way up to her knees.

“Hmm.. nice name. What brings you to Canterlot Ador-el-lin?” The changeling shuttered, then after a few false starts, she began to speak.

“I came to warn about my mother, Queen Chrysalis. She's coming soon to take over Canterlot but I don't know when. All I know is they have an army and they will destroy this kingdom if they get the chance.”

The princess continued to hide under her hooves shaking steadily as if waiting for me to deliver an execution. “So you've come to help in defiance of your mother? Why?”

“I was thrown out of my hive. Because I believed their plan would end in failure. I told them a hundred or so starving changelings vs three alicorns and the elements of harmony would only end in defeat. I thought that ponies and changelings could work together instead. So I was cast out for blasphemy against the Queen.”

The little changeling looked up at me with tear-stained eyes. She suddenly grabbed hold of my hooves and wept bitterly with a sorrow that could not be faked. She had lost everything dear to her for trying to protect her people. I knew what it was like to lose everything you hold dear and so did my passenger.

“So, you lost everyone. All your loved ones cast you out and now you've come to try to prevent them from hurting themselves. How noble of you.” I placed my hoof on her head in a gesture to mimic a hug.

“I only have one more question. Was Lillybreeze a figure you made up or is there mare somewhere incapacitated while you pretend to be her?

“I-I copied a mare from Appleloosa then changed up what I could to make it my own.” Adorilin put her head down in a shameful pout.

A smile grew on my face at hearing no one was hurt or kidnapped in the process of her arrival to Canterlot. “Good to hear, as of now I consider you my subject and my friend.”

Adorilin stammered up in shock. “W-what, why?”

“Because I can relate to losing everything you hold dear and having to leave behind those you care for. You have a good record with me and I would be honored if you'd consider me as a friend, not just a superior. If you ever have any problems just ask I'm always willing to listen.

“...Thank you.”

Later after saying our goodnights Adorilin put on her disguise once more and began to walk out the door. She stopped before making it all the way out and turned to face me.

“Does this mean that I'm still your maid?”

I gave her a light chuckle. “Yeah for the sake of keeping your disguise believable I think we'll have to go with that. At least for now.”

“Okay..”

The proto Queen then returned to her room and I turned to the kitchen.

As I walked into the kitchen I saw an expectant Luna waiting for some type of explanation of what everything was about. Ignoring her I made my way to the cupboard looking for something to snack on. "So what would you like for breakfast? Or would it be considered dinner in your case?"

The night princess continued to stare me down for a few more seconds then she decided it was a futile effort. “I already got my food.”

"Alright, then it's just me. Wheat cereal, that's the second cupboard to the left." I said reminding myself where I found it last time.

"How dost thouest know where the food is? Normally I'd get my attendants to get us our meal."

"Well, when I arrived last week I was kinda hungry. I ended up clearing out the cupboards on the left side of the kitchen over there."

Luna gave me a slight grin and continued to eat her meal.

When day broke, I decided to take a walk through the halls of the castle and possibly figure out how to navigate through the endless corridors. The guards had begun to show me respect and now the castle staff viewed me as someone who was somewhat approachable. Especially since I got my carrying bag, it seemed to hide my wings well. So, on walks like this, I put a couple of books in them to look somewhat normal and more like a unicorn.

Rounding a corner, I found myself bumping into a stallion. I fell to the ground whereas the stallion I hit dropped his drink on his white coat straining it red.

“Oh sorry,” I said rubbing the side of my head. “I didn't see ya there.”

“You should be sorry peasant!”

“Huh?”

Looking up in my confusion at the unknown figure, I saw to my dissatisfaction that it was none other than Prince Blueblood. I hadn't really met him yet but the impression I got from the show was that he was an asshat who was too proud of his title.

“Because of you, my jacket is stained.”

“So? Clean it.” I deadpanned. My lack of caring and begging for forgiveness seemed to bring the Prince to a new level of frustration. His brow narrowed and his small frown turned into a large scowl.

“So?... So!? Do you even know who I am! Such a low life as yourself couldn't even imagine your lack of importance in comparison to me! You should be bowing and kissing my hooves! I am Prince Blueblood of the royal family! And so help me I'll have Faust herself rain down Tartarus on you if you ever show me less respect than I deserve!”

When Blueblood finished his little rant. He was nearly pushing his face into mine, and his eyes bore into my own. The guards and castle staff who were present all froze. It was as if time had stopped while the staff waited to see if the young Prince would be vaporized on the spot. I myself couldn't help but laugh at myself with the last comment the Prince said.

“Tell me.” I stood back up. “Do you know who I am?”

Blueblood looked at me a moment before answering. “No.”

“Do you know where I am in the scale of power? Or how important I am to Equestria?”

“..No”

“Then tell me this, how does a colt like yourself simply just look at those around and assume superiority over them. There was an accident between us; I apologized. You, however, took my apology as a sign of weakness and began to insult me for no reason. Well, no reason other than you feel you're more important than me because of your royal position. If you treat your subjects like dirt just because they aren't of the same social status as you, then you don't deserve to call yourself a Prince.”

“How dare you lecture me! I know where I stand and it's at the top of the classes. I know all those who are of the same status. I know you're a lowlife because of the way you look. Your mane is as unkempt as the rest of you. When you make a name for yourself then you may speak with me.” The Prince turned to leave holding his head up in a haughty manner.

“Oh, if you only knew. Then you'd be the one bowing to my hooves, and sucking up to me like a spoiled brat that wants something from his parents.” I muttered to myself.

“Silence!” The Prince unknown to me somehow heard my comment and lashed out in rage. The thought of him bowing to a commoner was bad enough, but begging like a child, he would not have it. He hit me on both cheeks causing my face to sting in pain and then he threw me to the ground.

“I'll never bow to those who are lesser than me! Never!”

At the sight of the young Prince hitting the Queen straight across the face, the castle staff began to quake with fear and run for safety. Never before had a pony heard about a pony being foolish enough to hit the Princesses let alone their ‘superior’. All those who dared to show such disrespect were severely punished. The air began to smell of dread.

I began to push myself up from the floor, wincing at the pain of the hoof marks on my jaw. My own anger building up. “You know I was thinking maybe.. just maybe, I could let you off with a warning.”

I was standing now and during my getting up my carrying bag fell off, exposing my wings for all to see. Once Blueblood saw the feathered appendages his face suddenly contorted to fear. I stood up on my hind hooves and my wings stretched out.

“But we're far past warnings, and it's time you learn your place!” Swiftly, I delivered a high kick to the prince's face. He rocketed across the room and crashed into a painting on the wall. Dust and debris floated around the area, and his dazed form hung from the shrapnel that pierced his stained jacket.

Standing tall and spreading my wings in a way to impress, I began walking towards his hanging figure. “Prince Blueblood.” My voice was stern and demanded attention. Blueblood’s dazed face looked up at me. A newfound fear was written on his face.

“You have looked down on me, insulted me, stricken me across the face, and threw me to the ground. Such actions to the Queen of Equestria is near treason. Any self-respecting man should know he brings great dishonor upon himself if he dares to even think of striking others! People like you who don't show any respect for others yet demand it of themselves are one of the reasons I began to lose faith in humanity!”

I was halfway to Blueblood at this point and my wrath-induced rant had caused me to be deprived of air. I was practically panting, I guess during my speech I had been so focused on the contents of it that I had forgotten to breathe. Quickly getting my panting under control, I regained my focus on Blueblood. The Prince gave me a weak but confused stare. One that he'd been wearing since my last word… humanity.

Realizing my mistake I did my best to ignore his questioning look as well as the castle staff that had remained close enough to watch. They all looked on to me with a single thought. What is humanity?

I gave a brief sigh of annoyance and then stared up at the Prince. Hoping that if I ignored their questioning stares maybe they'd forget about it. “I'll pardon your error for now because you've been repaid for your crimes. But if I catch you treating any mare or anypony for that matter, like you have dealt with me, the results will be far worse than today. Is that understood.”

The Prince eagerly shook his head. “Yes, ma'am. I'll never do it again ma'am.”

“Good.” Satisfied, I turned to the castle staff who were understandably keeping their distance and called them to me.

“Somepony get him down. I'm going for a walk.” With that, I left the scene.

Trotting out of the castle, I left Blueblood with the castle staff. I couldn't help but feel a slight sense of glee as I thought back to how I dealt with him. That and I had managed to avoid the human explanation.

“Nah, I didn't give him brain damage. He already owned that right. I just repaid him for his inability to think. That idol of idiot worshippers had it coming sooner or later.”

“Agreed.”

While I made my way around outside of the palace I decided to really take in my surroundings and explore the majestic architecture of Canterlot. My attention turned to the little shops on the side streets, and to the vast sea of nobles parading through the city. Everyone didn't even seem to give me a second glance. It was a nice feeling, not being known. I knew it would have to end sometime, but I also knew I'd miss merely being perceived as a unicorn with an extra long horn.

Trotting around the gardens, I passed by discord and waved hello. I wished I could see how he'd react to my being here; well in this body at least. I told him about how my run in with Blueblood went, and a little bit about Adorilin. I hope it did a little too brighten up his day. Discord was always my favorite. However, when bystanders started to stare at the crazy mare talking to statutes I weirdly waved goodbye and departed hoping to find something else to take up my time.

While in deep thought, I wandered aimlessly through the outer parts of the castle. For several hours, I was zigzagging around through the courtyards and little shops on the side.

Eventually, while walking through a nice garden with a stone pathway, I looked up and saw it. The Canterlot royal library; the very same one shown in episode one of the show. As soon as I recognized it I began running to the doors. Everything I could ever want to learn about magic was in there. And it'd be fairly irresponsible if I wasn't prepared to defend myself or my new nation, right? Yeah, that's the reason. In no way was I going to abuse this power to have fun.

After my short run to and hike up the stairs, I trotted up and tried pushing the doors open, only to have no success. Again and again, I tried to push open the door to no avail, then after five minutes of trying I gave up and sat down. Looking up at the door again I saw the sign on the left that said pull to open.

Getting up and pulling the door open as instructed, I found the library abandoned. It was exactly the same as it was after twilight left in episode one. Near the shelves on the far side of the room laid a present box skewered through by a dragon's tail. Books were littered along the floor and papers decorated the desks in a similar manner. It made me feel somewhat sad to see the state of the place. I liked libraries.

“I must say this is a little different than I thought it would be. I'd, at least, expect someone to visit the library after twilight left.” My partner didn't reply, she was probably just as lost for words as I was. So far since I came to Equestria I had been using Faust as a get out of jail free card when it came to magic. But now that I've got the library I can learn how to use this body while I have it.

“So I've mastered levitation magic, now I can build on it and learn harder stuff.”

“I've mastered it because it's easy now. You remember cadence still owes me ten bits because of it.”

“What do you mean? How many things?”

“What! That's insane nopony can do that!”

I suddenly felt pushed out of control as Faust regained her horn for a moment. Its faint red glow surrounded the rod, and before me, all the books papers and the present was put away at the same time without strain or a lack of order. I caught myself holding my breath as I was awestruck by the amount of concentration that must have taken. That was at least two hundred books!

Suddenly our horn lit up again throwing all the books and papers in the room so they would land in a random spot. “Alright, I got this the first day I was here, and I did a high difficulty spell to clean our room. This shouldn't be much different, it's just putting books away.”

Four hours, and my efforts to lift the books around me with the same precision as my passenger failed miserably. Even now, after all, this time, I was only able to lift thirty books and forty papers. It was something I had originally thought easy, but after my efforts, I had come to the sad realization that it was far more difficult than my expectations.

With each book being a different size and different materials my attention was forced to be bound to each one as an individual thought. To say the least the mental strain caused my head to hurt. By the end of my session of trying to replicate Faust's demonstration, I was on the ground painting, holding my aching head.

“I agree with stopping, but did well? I couldn't even do thirty percent of what you did, and we are using the same body.”

“Oh, ten books, great results. What results would that be?”

“Damn it all! Fine, I'll find out for myself what I'm getting out of this.”

“ Fine…”

Somehow our pep talk actually managed to change my mind about forgetting magic. Instead, with a new found determination, I decided that I was going to succeed in replicating my passenger's ability. Yes, I was going to succeed even if it killed me.

But not today, my fatigue restricted me from any magical strain for the time being. So picking up a book on fire magic I began reading, to learn, and in hopes to find an answer that would speed up my quest to master levitation. I had a feeling I'd be coming here more often.

I'd keep this library clean, organized, and maintained. I was going to be the new librarian. I was studying fire magic deep into the night. Eventually though, sometime during the third hour of the moon's rising the calm relief of sleep took me.

Opening my eyes, I found myself once again in the dream realm. As always I was a human and Faust accompanied me in my dreams. But this dream was different somehow. Instead of the large stone arena, Lauren and I laid in reclining beach chairs. We sat overlooking the vast ocean while enjoying the shade of the palms.

“What's up Lauren? Why aren't we in the arena?” My passenger turned her focus away from the sea and gave me a smirk that said I really should have been able to figure it out.

“(I figured after that little session at the library we deserved some relaxation. Or would you rather fight?)”

I let out a quiet chuckle as I readjusted myself in my seat. “No, I'd rather enjoy this, thanks.” We sat on the beach enjoying the rhythmic sound of the waves crashing against the shoreline.

“Lauren.”

“(Yes?)”

“Thanks for being here for me.”

“(.. What do you mean?)”

“Well, it's just. I've lost everything, and through all of this, you've been there to help me out.”

“(Yeah but don't forget that I AM the reason you're here kid. I kind of feel a sense of responsibility for that.)”

“Heh, true. Is that why you let me have control of the body?”

“(W-what!?)” The ancient alicorn's eyes opened wide in shock.

“There's no denying it, I know you can claim this body at any time you want. You've done it before, and from what I've seen it doesn't take a lot of energy out of you.”

Lauren was shifting around in her seat in a nervous fashion. “(Well you see… the truth is...)”

I quickly interrupted her, “Hey, no more talk about truth or lies. Let's just enjoy the dream. With that I reclined back onto the beach chair, summoning up some Pina Coladas for the two of us.

Lauren looked at me her mouth open as if wanting to say something, but then she seemed to decide against it. She picked up her drink and took a small sip. Then after tasting the ambrosial beverage, Lauren began taking large gulps of the intoxicating drink.

Suddenly a loud pop was heard and it was accompanied by the rushing of wind. Upon seeing the dream walker, I felt a shiver crawl down my spine. “I hath come and thy match shall be judged!” The night princess threw her front hooves into the air expressing her large amount of glee.

Luna took a few moments to realize the lack of an arena or any fighting for that matter. Spinning around, she faced her mother and I relaxing in beach chairs under the Palm trees. At seeing us like that, the mare gave Lauren a look of bewilderment.

“Mother isn't thouest going to have a duel with this creature?”

“Hey! That's human not creature get it right Moon Butt.” I retorted.

Much to my annoyance, the short protest I gave went unacknowledged as Luna waited patiently for her mother to reply. I looked over to find the ancient mare sipping on her pina colada and holding up her hoof as if to say ‘a moment’. Apparently, she liked those things. Swiftly swallowing her beverage, she regained the ability to speak.

“(Lulu, after the strain I put myself through at the Canterlot library I found it in my best interest to rest in a comfortable environment. So the beach it is!)”

Luna's spark of joy seemed to die out, and her tone of voice turned disappointed. “Oh, okay then, I won't disturb thy relaxation any further.” Luna feeling suddenly like an intruder turned to leave the dream. She opened a portal to exit out of and began walking towards it.

As she stepped one hoof through the portal, I couldn't hold myself back anymore. Luna's sad expression got to me, and I think it always would because it's the same one Mya has when she is sad.“Wait!” I cried out.

Luna paused for a moment before looking at me awkwardly. “For what?”

“Stay.”

“I'm sorry?”

“Stay.”

“Why? I'm not needed here. And why am I talking to you? You're nothing but a dream character.”

“You should stay because your mother is trying to relax. Leaving her after waiting all this time wouldn't help that. So stay, for her.” Then I turned my attention to a very confused Lauren. “When was the last time you took Luna to the beach?” I saw a spark light up in the eyes of the ancient mare at my question.

She looked to Luna for a moment, and then back to me. “(Thanks for reminding me.)” She gave me a small nod and then got up to join her daughter.

Not long after that, I sat and watched smiling at the scene that played before me. Lauren threw Luna into the ocean and then the two began to fight each other in a splash war. It was nice to let Lauren actually be with her kids rather than watching them through my eyes.

Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I did my best to make it as interesting as a chapter of insight for the Canterlot wedding could get. I won't be writing for a little while after this chapter.

I'm building a Tardis.