The following day went exactly like the day prior.

You woke up, had a shower, worked at Sweet Apple Acres for the whole day, and then went home. The only real notable difference to the day was that you were introduced to Applejack's younger sister, Applebloom.

She was exactly like she was in the show. Kind and obsessed with finding her cutie mark. Eventually, you figured you would meet Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo as well.
Nothing else notable happened that day, and you simply slung your bag of bits over your almost fully healed wing and made your way back to the Golden Oak Library.

Once again, you, Twilight and Spike conversed about the day. You told them about your meeting with Applebloom, and how many apples you had managed to buck from the trees.

"Applejack isn't gonna have any apple trees left to buck if you keep this up!" Twilight laughed.

After about an hour of conversation, you finally made your way to bed. Outside your window, Luna's moon was shining down brilliantly over Ponyville, casting a faint shadow into your room.
And then, in less than a minute, sleep overcame you.

However, when you awoke, you weren't in Equestria anymore. You were back home. Strangely enough, you weren't excited to be back on Earth. You wanted to go back. Desperately.

The muffled voice you had been hearing in your dreams circled you, and it slightly calmed you knowing that this was most likely a dream.
Wait, you though, Now that I know this is a dream, maybe I can control it.

You were quite familiar with the state called 'lucid dreaming' and had done it many times back on Earth, yet for some reason, this dream was resistant to your control.

This time you watched as the blue sky above Manhattan was corrupted by a deep red, as the sickly colour bled through it like spilt water.
The white fluffy clouds, as unrealistic as they looked, began to rot from the centre outwards, becoming a menacing black colour.

You remembered having this dream many times before, since you arrived in Equestria four days ago, but it had never been this... vivid.

Every time when you found yourself in this dream, the outside world had already been enveloped in those evil colours, yet this time, you watched as your home world corrupted.
The muffled voice circling you got louder, and louder, until you were slamming the floor of your apartment screaming "Wake up!".

And wake up you did.

Your familiar apartment began to blend with the guest room in Twilight's tree house, and you realised you were slamming your pillow with a hoof.

"Storm! What's wrong?" you heard Twilight shout as your door slammed open.

You realised you must have been shouting everything out loud.

"Nothing... Just a bad dream." you replied, still dazed by your strange dream.

Noticing your slight detachment from reality, Twilight took a seat next to you on your bed.
"You know if something's wrong, you can tell me, right?" she said, consoling you.

She was right. She was the one who decided to look after you after falling and breaking your wings, and she was one of the princesses of Equestria, after all.

After a lot of thinking, you finally settle on a decision. It was time to come clean about your past, but only to Twilight. There wasn't gonna be a better time for it

"Um, actually... There was something I wanted to talk to you about..." you said, weakly, not making eye contact.

"Whatever you need to talk about, I'm here." Twilight responded, trying her best to sound cheerful.

"Can Spike hear us?" You didn't want anypony other than Twilight knowing about this. Not yet anyway.

"Nope. He's still fast asleep." she replied.

Looking out your window, you noticed it was still night. Guess you weren't asleep for as long as you thought.

You didn't really know to tell her you were from another world, but you figured it'd be best to start off simple.

"You know how-" you gulped nervously before you could finish the sentence, "You know how I said I was originally from Cloudsdale before I crash landed here?"

Twilight nodded in response, listening contently.

"Well... I lied."

Twilight's face twisted into that of slight shock, and her ears drooped downwards.
"What do you mean?" she asked, not angry, but not happy either.

"I don't really know how to explain it, but..." You paused for a second, in case Twilight had something to say. But she didn't, so you continued, "I'm from a different world."

Eye contact has still not yet been met, but you can feel Twilight's gaze piercing you.

"Oh, so you've come from beyond Equestria? Like from another part of the planet?" she asked, slightly confused.

You never thought Twilight Sparkle could be confused by something, yet here she was.

"Not exactly. I've come from another universe."

You were met with silence once again. It was killing you anticipating her response.

"I think I might have heard about this before," she replied, surprisingly, "Yeah! I definitely read about the theory of alternate realities and universes in a book!"

Out of all the reactions you were expecting, this wasn't one of them. Seeing your despair, she settled down on the bed again.

"Sorry. What else happened?" she asked, calmly.

You weren't sure whether you should've brought up the show, but you figured as it was only Twilight you may as well tell her everything.

"I come from a world called 'Earth', and on Earth we watched this show," You look back at her to see if she's following, "And that show is a recreation of this world, with depictions of you, your friends, and even locations."

You felt yourself about to go on a rant, but stop yourself.

"And then, one day, I went out. I got attacked, and everything went black. And I woke up where you found me." You grimaced, reminiscing the pain of the knife when it was pulled out of you. The blood that seeped out of your open wounds as you collapsed against the wall.

"I'm guessing you wanna go back?" Twilight asked, surprisingly calm. You weren't expecting this at all. You were expecting shock, denial, and maybe even anger, but instead she was acceptant of you.

"That's actually what my dream was about." you replied, causing her to go silent again.

"In my dream, I woke up back on Earth. And it scared me. I wanted to come back here so badly," This caused some surprise to Twilight, yet she kept quiet, "I was looking out my window, and the sky turned red. It was like the whole world died."

You lifted your head to look at Twilight, who was busy thinking about what the meaning of your dreams could be.

"From what I know about dreams from my studies, the thing that is happening to you is severe homesickness. Your brain subtly misses this 'Earth' place, but you know deep down you are where you want to be," she explained with a smile, "And if Equestria is where you want to stay, then you're free to stay with me and Spike as long as you like."

You couldn't believe this. Twilight was actually accepting you, and letting you stay in Equestria.

"And you promise to not tell anypony about this?" you asked.

"Pinkie promise," Twilight laughed slightly, "You can tell the others if and when you're ready."

Your nerves were calmed slightly, knowing that the dreams were simply your own brain doing its thing, and that you had somewhere to stay.

"Thank you, Twilight," you said, smiling warmly at her, "I mean it."

“Hey, it’s ok! Now I know all that study wasn’t for nothing!” she laughed, “Are you gonna be ok, now?”

Now that you knew the cause of your disturbing dreams, you were adamant you could get a better nights sleep.

“Yeah, I’ll be fine.” you replied with a smile.

Twilight nodded happily in response, and got up to leave the room before asking one final question.

“You’re gonna have to race Rainbow Dash, and you don’t know how to fly?” she laughed.

Suddenly, the thought of how you were going to get around that hit you like a ton of bricks. Would you have to tell Rainbow about your past too? You had only talked to her once in your stay in Equestria so far, and you weren’t sure you were ready.

“I’m sure I’ll survive.” you replied, reassuringly.
You weren’t fully convinced of that yourself, but saying it aloud subsided your anxiety slightly.

Twilight giggled softly as she gently closed the door, blocking out all the light that had been creeping into your room.
Closing your eyes, sleep came quickly, and for once it felt peaceful.

Author's Notes:

A shorter chapter this time.

I wanted a chapter that dived deeper into the dreams that I had been skimming past in the last few chapters, and to explore the current lore further rather than continue it. This was also a good opportunity for me to build on Storm’s relationship with Twilight, and have him tell her about his past on Earth.
Originally, I was gonna save this for later, and have Rainbow find out first, but this was too good of an opportunity.

Speaking of Rainbow Dash, you probably came to this story for her, right? I mean, she is in the tags after all. Don’t worry, she might not be getting to many appearances now, but I’ve been trying to stall it out for as long as possible, introducing lore as I go, such as the dreams. Pretty soon, you’ll have more Rainbow Dash than your heart can desire