After the events of Twilight and her five friends, along with the pillars and the young six creatures, defeating the three most evil, devious villains of Equestia, everything was going so well. Princesses Celestia and Luna retired and step down their thrones and gave the crown to the princess of friendship, Twilight Sparkle. They flee Equestia to discover things they had never experienced before but always wanted to, and enjoy the rest of their mortal lives. Although, they did come back to Canterlot for a visit on special occasions, such as: dinners, parties.

They were happy with their new lives for the past few months, until they started having some strange things about immortality, death and even their friendship falling apart because of unfairness. They all thought it was nothing so ignored it and carried on with their new lives. Ever since they had became the protectors of Equestia, they thought that everything would be fine and they could face any challenges that blocked their paths as they did conquer so many evil villains in the past. Unfortunately, that was not the case with this matter. They were so terribly wrong.

Twilight and her friends weren't the only ones who had encountered these nightmares and strange visions. Discord, The Lord of Chaos, could not help but cry in his sleep. He did not tell any pony about this as he wanted to be known as the great and fierce Discord. Spike, the royal advisor for Princess Twilight Sparkle, had also required strange visions in his sleep. It was about things that he didn't want to happen and feared. This brought tears in his eyes, whenever he woke up in the morning from his bad dreams.

''Spike!'' A violet alicorn called out his name, beside his comfortable basket. He still hadn't woken up and was still shaking in his sleep. She shook the covers of his bed so he could wake up.

''Are you alright?'' she asked. ''You don't look so good.''

The baby dragon looked pale like a whale during his sleep.

Spike had finally woke up and saw a violet alicorn standing beside his bed. He rubbed his eyes and opened his eyes gently.

''Twilight?'' he said in a weak voice. ''What are you doing?'' He looked outside of his window and it was still dark. ''In the middle of the night too.''

''Spike!'' she hugged him. ''I am sorry to wake you up early but I just encountered the same dream again and...'' She looked at him very carefully, making him very uncomfortable. ''Are you okay? You look bleak.''

Spike got out of his basket and trotted towards his mirror. He saw a figure paler than a whale in his reflection of the mirror.

Spike widened his eyes and thought to himself. ''No! My poor little handsome face!'' He crouched on the ground and sulked. Twilight rolled her eyes and trotted towards the baby dragon to ask him, ''did you have any strange dreams?''

''Now that you have asked me, I did have a dream of one of my greatest fears.'' He asked, ''why do you ask?''

Twilight responded, ''you were mumbling in your sleep and I was worried about you so I woke you up if everything was alright.'' She tapped her chin with her purple hoof. ''This all adds up.''

''What adds up?'' he asked.

''All of us are having nightmares, including you. What if these nightmares will effect our future and we have to do something about this.''

Spike plugged sponges in his ears to get away with noises and laid cucumbers on top of his eyes to reduce the puffiness of his eyes. He went into his comfortable basket and covered himself with his warm blanket Applejack had got him in his first birthday party in Ponyville. Twilight saw this and excused herself out of his room so he could get some rest as he is still a baby dragon. Whereas, Twilight wasn't going to sleep. In fact, she was going to the Canterlot library to do some research or even call Luna as she still guides ponies dreams. Then why didn't she interfere in their dreams? Is there a magic, evil barrier protecting their dreams so the princess of the night wouldn't enter them?

''What is causing these nightmares?'' Twilight exclaimed as she threw a book on the floor aggressively. Apparently, even more stranger things occurred that night. As she threw that book, it flashed bright red and tackled evilly. Twilight was terrified.

This carried on within weeks and then those weeks turned into months. They all believed to be strong just like when they used to demolish villains. How hard can it be with the magic of friendship on their side to get away with these nightmares? Over the months has passed, they each grew big in their own lives. They all became popular in Equestia for saving the world several times and having important duties.

In Ponyville, Rarity's boutique have gotten popular than ever since Princess Twilight Sparkle's coronation. Rarity had gotten so many orders that she couldn't keep up with each of any one of them. She wanted to hire help but her little sister had little talent in sewing, ever since their first ever school talent show. However, her friend, Apple Bloom, had such knowledge in fashion. She was impressed by it so hired her as an assistant at her boutique. Although, she still made Sweetie Belle helpful by handing over pin cushions, fabric, etc. Scootaloo used her scooter to travel all around Ponyville to get supplies, that were out of stock at her boutique, for her. For the Grand Galloping Gala or dinner parties with the old princesses of Equestia, Rarity would always make dresses for her friends. Of course, they didn't put too much pressure on her like the first gala they had. They let her design the dresses and give ideas mostly as she is the fashion expert.

Rainbow Dash was still a full-sledged wonderbolt under Spitfire's wing, along with the other same old wonderbolts. She was known to be the best flyer all throughout Equestia. Because of this, Soarin started to have feelings for her which started when Rainbow Dash had saved him, Spitfire and Rarity at the Best Young Flyer's competition and did her sonic rainboom simultaneously as well. When he confessed, it made Rainbow Dash question her sexuality. She is awesome but no one has ever asked her out to be their marefriend. She never cared about her sexuality or anything that involved dating. Every pony used to think that her and Applejack had some sort of chemistry going on between them. It was Twilight who helped her friend find out about her sexuality and she turned out to be straight according to the results. Apparently, Soarin's confession has made Rainbow Dash like him back so she decided to agree. Every pony from the wonderbolts had always shipped them ever since Rainbow Dash had saved Soarin's pie. Whenever they kiss in the locker room, they fool around and say, ''the SoarinDash ship has finally sailed!''

Fluttershy had became more confident over the years and looked over animals at her sanctuary with Discord's assistance as well. Fluttershy had forgave him for freeing the three villains to boost Twilight's confidence. They continued on being friends and having tea parties with each other every Tuesday. They shared jokes, stories, worries... Speaking of worries, Discord hadn't told his best friend about his bad dreams as well. Fluttershy did but he tried to keep his mouth shut. He didn't want any pony worrying about him and think he is soft, after all he is the Lord of Chaos for crying out loud! Also, Discord had gotten more confident to tell his feelings to Fluttershy. Unexpectedly, she felt the same way for a really long time towards him as well. They shared their first kiss and considered their tea parties as dates. They were worried that their friendship would fall apart or if they would make a fool of themselves, that is why they never shared their feelings earlier.

Pinkie Pie travelled all across Equestia with her friend, Cheese Sandwich, to spread happiness and joy everywhere. She also had gotten into the Canterlot royal kitchen to make deserts for the princess and her royal advisor. Her friend was the princess so she allowed her to do so. She also made Pinkie Pie her party planner so she would create parties on special occasions, along with Cheese Sandwich. At some time, Cheese Sandwich had confessed his love towards Pinkie Pie and asked her to be his marefriend. Of course, she accepted.

Whenever Twilight's friends would visit Canterlot to see her, there was an opportunity for Applejack to sell her apples and delicious products there once every pony knew they were grew in the princess's hometown and was also friends with her and saved Equestia beside her. She used all this money to upgrade her barn and pay for her grandmother's hospital bills as she wasn't doing so well, but thanks to the money she had received, she had managed to help her.

Since Starlight Glimmer was the new head mare of the school of friendship, it meant that she had lots of responsibilities to take care of. She had a blue alarm on her hoof so whoever knocks on her office door, she can teleport back to her office and help the student. Even if it meant less time to spend with her best friend, Trixie, her friend was understanding enough to understand that Starlight has lots of responsibilities to take care of. Of course, they still hung out like usual times. Starlight and Sunburst had also tied the knot together over the months.

In their new enjoyable and pleasant lives, they had stopped having these awful nightmares and distracted themselves with their upgraded duties. This made them happy.

Meanwhile, Spike had trouble sleeping every night and also had trouble eating. He would always refuse gems like this is a different type of Spike. He told Twilight about his nightmares but she only told him that it is all in his imagination as nightmares didn't affect her or her friends. Little did she know that Spike didn't fully explain his nightmares. Why did this happen? Who was that mare who tackled from the book Twilight threw on the floor? Will they ever discover or will Luna do something about this?

What is happening?...