"All aboard the train to Manehatten!" the conductor announced to the station. Pretty soon, the train you were scheduled to catch was set to depart for the city. You could have easily flown there, but three of you were lacking wings, and Rainbow Dash wasn't fond of flying long distances anyway.

It kind of surprised you that trains were still travelling to the city, considering Null had chosen it to be the place that he terrorises. Clearly whatever he intended to do hadn't been done yet.

Thinking back to the story that Twilight had told you about Null, what felt like years ago, you could recall her saying that he stalked the edge of the city, silently draining pony's determination without the realising. Perhaps he intended to do something similar to that, but on a much larger scale.

Speaking of Twilight, she was practically ruling Equestria for the time being. Atleast until Celestia recovered or Luna was released from the dream world.

"I say! This train is rather spectacular!" Rarity exclaimed, stepping into one of the first class carriages. Seeing as how you were best friends with one of the princesses, the six of you had been granted access to first class privileges, with all expenses paid for.
Sure, the entirety of Equestria was in danger, but nopony ever said you couldn't try to enjoy yourself.

"It looks like the kinda thing you'd see in an antique shop." you replied, looking at the delicately carved furniture and fancy lights. The carriage looked good, but it felt... inspirationless.
To put it simply, it felt more Canterlot than Ponyville.

Pinkie Pie looked as if she could barely contain her excitement, bouncing up and down enthusiastically as she wondered along the carriage to find her seat.

"Woo!" she exclaimed, almost knocking her head against one of the chandeliers, "I like the colour of that curtain!"

You didn't quite understand why she was excited over the colour of a curtain, but it was Pinkie Pie after all, so maybe it was best to question to it. On top of that, the curtain in question was only a simple red. Nothing really that unique.

"Y'know, when you said 'first class', this wasn't what I had in mind..." Rainbow sighed, taking a seat next to one of the windows.

That was something you could agree with. The carriage that you were in looked nice, but it felt anything but that.

"It feels kinda overbearing..." Applejack added, taking a seat opposite Rainbow Dash as the train began to move. You had a few hours to kill, at least, so you had better get comfortable.

Taking a seat next to Rainbow, you had to push yourself up against her to make enough space for Fluttershy. Thankfully, she didn't seem to mind having you grazing against her, and even seemed to like it.

For the first few minutes, nopony said anything, and simply let the train leave the station. Surprisingly, Fluttershy was the first one to initiate conversation.

"Uhm..." she whispered, quietly. Although she didn't say much, it seemed to be enough to spark some life within you and the rest of your friends.

"So what in the hay happened to Celestia?" Applejack asked, seemingly a little irritated. Nopony could blame her though, as she wasn't the only one being effected by it. You could remember seeing Twilight fighting back tears at the princesses side, and for upsetting one of your friends like that...

Null was going to pay.

"Null escaped the dream world." you explained, instantly, "That evil pony in my head that imprisoned Luna got out."

The way you explained made it seem like you were ashamed. You firmly believed that this was your fault, and that if you had defeated him when he was still in your dreams then this never would have happened.

"C'mon, Storm," Rainbow replied, placing a comforting hoof on you, "It's not your fault."

She was right, but you couldn't help but feel like you played a part in it. You were quite possibly the most abnormal pony in Equestria, with being from another reality and all.

"She's right! Even without you, this probably would have happened anyway!" Pinkie exclaimed, suddenly. It was strange seeing her attempting to cheer you, all the while maintaining her chirpy, fun attitude.

"But then without you, we might not stand as much of a chance." Rarity added, giving you a smile.

It was nice seeing everypony attempting to cheer you up. It made you really feel like you meant something to them. It really made you feel like their friend.

In your previous life, you never would have believed that upon your death, you would end up living among the characters you once called fiction. Once upon a time, this world was only the creation of another human, but now it was more than that. Now this world was real, and it was in danger.

"Thank you everypony." you said, feeling slightly more relaxed. Despite the threat that may potentially await in Manehatten, you had never really spent an extended period of time with the Mane 6.
Well, all of them except for Twilight that is. Still, she definitely had her reasons to stay behind, nopony could deny that.

Time passed, and the train was passing through a vast open countryside. It was quite peaceful, but there wasn't much scenery to look at.

Applejack and Fluttershy had began to fall asleep. You couldn't blame them; this had been a hard day for everypony so far. Rarity had gotten up to explore the train, mostly likely to examine the architecture and fashion of the other carriages. Pinkie Pie continued staring out of the window, most likely turning every little thing she saw into the wildest creations she possibly could with her own imagination. Rainbow Dash was reading, seeing as how everypony had found something to do.

That only left you. You had never really found a hobby that didn't include flying, so maybe when all of this was over, that was something you could add to your to-do list.
Perhaps something to do with art? Anything the involves creativity had always inspired you, but you had never really acted on it.

For a while you considered going to sleep, and shut your eyes to attempt do doze off. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie didn't seem to mind, and promised to wake you if anything happened.

Getting to sleep seemed like it would be more difficult, what with the train shaking and all, but in reality it was much easier. The constant shaking of the train and the comforting feeling and Rainbow Dash occasionally brushing against you was almost relaxing in a way.

As you finally began to doze off, you began to hear something.

"Storm? Can you hear me?" a voice asked, and to you it was instantly recognisable. It was once again the voice of Princess Luna.

"Wh-?" you responded, still a little confused as to how she could still communicate with you.

Rainbow looked up from her book, giving you a confused look, whilst Pinkie seemingly didn't notice and continued staring out of the window. Not paying her any mind for now, you closed your eyes again, and she went back to her book.

"From your reaction, I'm guessing you can hear me." Luna said, realising that holding a conversation may be difficult when you can't respond to her.
"I believe I know what Null is planning..." she explained.

"You have?" you exclaimed loudly in response. Instantly, both Rainbow and Pinkie diverted their eyes towards you. You were almost worried that you had woken Applejack and Fluttershy up, but thankfully they were still sleeping soundly.

"Are you... ok?" Rainbow asked, a concerned yet confused expression on her face.

"I don't have much time left to talk to you. I need to tell you this now." Luna said, seeming panicked and desperate.

You wanted to tell Rainbow Dash about Princess Luna being able to talk to you, but you weren't sure how much time she had.

"Just wait a second, you two." you replied, concentrating on your 'conversation' with Luna.

Rainbow Dash let out a faint 'uh...' in response, whereas Pinkie simply gave you a giddy smile. Neither responses surprised you in any way.

"Null is going to trap the residents of Manehatten in the dream world to power the element. You can try to stop it, but whatever you do, don't try to fi-"

Whatever Luna had tried to warn you about, time had ran out. Whatever form of magic she was using to talk to you must have been pretty advanced, and it must've been pretty difficult to conjure. As a result, it obviously couldn't keep a sustained link between the dream world and Equestria forever.

"Don't try to what?" you replied, trying to get an answer out of her, "Luna?"

Rainbow Dash's eyes widened, and she slowly closed her book with a single hoof.

"Wait, did you just say Luna?" Pinkie questioned, in a suspicious tone. You were almost expecting her to pull out a detective hat and a magnifying glass.

Next to her, Applejack had begun to stir. It seemed as if she was awakening from her sleep, probably due to the noise you were accidentally making. Fluttershy too was seemingly waking up next to you.

"What's happenin', everypony?" Applejack asked, rubbing her eyes as she sat upright in her seat.

"Well, Storm here just randomly started talking to himself and he mentioned Luna!" Rainbow exclaimed, but you couldn't tell whether she was irritated, impatient or both.

"You can talk to Luna?" Fluttershy asked. You were surprised that was the first inference that she made, but it was right.

You nodded your head, "Null is going to trap the residents of Manehatten in the dream world to make his element more powerful."

As you told them this, you remembered that Rarity was still off exploring the train. There was nothing that could be done to help that. You could always just tell her the next time you saw her.
Speaking of Rarity, mere moments after you stopped talking, the unicorn entered that carriage.

"Rarity! Null's going to trap the pony's from Manehatten in the dream world!" Pinkie exclaimed, seeming a little panicked. Although she was usually cheerful, she knew when something serious was happening.

Rarity flicked her mane back, giving her a confused look in response, "He's... what?"

"We've gotta do something!" Rainbow exclaimed, seeking to help the ponies before Null could get to them. Then you remembered Luna's warning. She didn't get to finish, but you would remember what you had heard just in case...

"But whatever you do, don't try to fi-"

You weren't sure what it meant just yet, but you were sure that as soon as the situation arose, you would know what to look out for.

"Findin' him won't be easy in the big city." Applejack explained, even though you already knew this. Thankfully, you didn't intend in finding him.
You were hoping that he would find you.

"Well..." you began, staring out of the window across the open plains and meadows, "We'll just have to hope we find him before he does whatever he's planning."

As you looked across the rolling fields outside of your window, you began wondering about what was about to happen. If you were to fight Null, would you win?

You didn't have the elements, and even if you did, you didn't have full control over yours anymore, and Twilight wasn't here. There had to be another way to win aside from brute force...

There just had to be...

"Hey! I think we're nearly there!" Pinkie Pie cried excitedly, placing her hoofs against the glass as she stared at something that was just out of your vision.

As the train continued to move, eventually you could begin to make out the silhouettes of skyscrapers in the distance. It looked like your destination was arriving.
Pretty soon, you would be getting off of the train at the Manehatten station.

You just hoped it wouldn't be your last stop.

Author's Notes:

haha funny Zelda reference title