Nightmares and Dreamscapes

"SISTER!" A voice cried out to Princess Celestia, Sitting on her throne with the sun emblem above it. Celestia looked to the source of the Voice that called her attention. to her amazement, her sister Appeared after a teleportation spell, she was wincing in pain as she walked towards her sister, the guards all running up to her asking what happened. They stepped back as Princess Celestia glided over to her sister that has now fell to her side in exhaustion.

"Luna! What has happened to you!?" Celestia asked with tears streaming from her cheeks.

"It... It was a new Pony. S-She plans to conquer Equestria! High Teck and I tried to hold her off while Twi---" Luna stopped and looked around for the Lavender Unicorn but she was nowhere to be seen. "Wait... Where’s Twilight Sparkle, Hasn't she arrived yet!?"

"Luna, please calm down! I haven't seen Twilight All Day. Why would she be coming here?" Celestia asked. It was obvious she knows nothing about what happened earlier that morning.

"Twilight is coming for the Elements of Harmony to stop Spacetwilight!" Luna said.

Celestia stopped for a moment and looked at her sister in disbelief. "What? Who is Spacetwilight?"

Luna sighed and looked up at her sister then sighed. "It started like this...."

Meanwhile in Everfree Forest, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack and Pinkie Pie continued their trek to Canterlot to get their Elemental Ornaments from Princess Celestia to put an end to Spacetwilight's Conquest of Equestria. Twilight Breath harder than she ever have before. Her thoughts racing faster than her legs could carry her.

"How is this even possible!?" Twilight mumbled to herself "It’s all a bad dream! It has to be! AAAH!" Twilight Yelped as she tripped over an exposed rock sticking out of the ground. She winced in pain now evident this was not a dream, this was real.

"Twilight! Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked helping her friend up.

Twilight didn't answer as she got up. She could only respond with a sob.

"This is all just has to be a terrible Nightmare." Twilight said as she sat on her haunches. Breathing hard from the running.

"I know what you mean." Rarity said.

"She looks. So much like me.... It all has to be some kind of a sick joke, and nopony is laughing except the one who came up with it" Twilight added.

Pinkie walked up and was about to say something when Spike suddenly belched. All the girls glared at the Dragon who was holding a letter in his hands.

"It’s a Letter, from both Princess Luna and Princess Celestia!" Spike said as he opened the letter and read the contents to himself.

"Luna? I thought she and High Teck where fighting that Twilight Knockoff to buy is time to get to Canterlot?" Rainbow Dash stated with an arched eyebrow.

"Maybe they won? Maybe Spacetwilight was defeated!" Pinkie Pie said with a grin as she bounced up and down. "This Calls For A Party!"

"HOLD THE PARTY PINKIE!" Spike yelled. "That’s not what it says at all!"

"Then what does it say spike?" Twilight asked.

Spike cleared his throat and began to read.

My Dear Faithful Student,

Luna has told me everything that has happened. I have never been this shocked in my whole long life! I am sorry to say Spacetwilight is still at large. And has begun her attack upon fair Equestria. Crystals have begun to form everywhere around the world. Luna regrets to inform us all that High Teck may have met his end at the hooves of Spacetwilight. After Luna was injured by your clone, High Teck ordered her to return here to Canterlot. We have not heard from him since. And since Spacetwilight is still active, it’s possible he may have been defeated, or worse.

Twilight, this is Princess Luna; you must not let Spacetwilight win. Princess Celestia and I.... No All of Equestria's fate rests in the palm of your hooves. I have placed a tracking spell on this scroll. It will allow my sister to find you and send a chariot to you. Wherever you are please stay there until they arrive. We have the elements with us now ready for you. Please hurry!
The Chariot should be there by the time you read this message.

- Princess Celestia and Luna

Spike was cut off when they all heard the Chariot land behind them in a clearing. A royal guard Pegasus unlatched himself from the chariot and walked to the group.

"Twilight Sparkle?" the guard inquired, yet his face remained serious.

"Yes, that’s me." Twilight said with a nod.

"The Princesses have wished to see you and your friends. It’s urgent!" he stated. It’s obvious he knows nothing about what is going on.

"Yes of course." Twilight responded. As she and her friends got into the chariot. the Pegasus guard latched himself back onto the chariot and him and his counterpart took off without hesitation.

Twilight took the time to rest her legs and her mind. She tried her best to stay awake but Fatigue finally got the better of her as her eyes closed themselves shut. She then found herself waking up to an empty chariot. Nopony was in it. Even the Pegasus royal guards where gone, yet the chariot seemed to still be flying through a foggy sky. Twilight was about to freak out before she felt something next to her, lying against her flank. It was warm and was moving in a rhythmic motion. She turned to see what it was and to her amazement laid a small Unicorn filly that looked just like her. But she had a deep dark red coat, deep dark Blue mane with Red and Violet streaks through her hair. The same colors as Spacetwilight Sparkle she even had the long tail.

The filly was asleep. She was squirming a lot too. Like she too was having a bad dream. Her breathing was erratic. Twilight wasn't sure what to make of this. Twilight took a closer look at the filly. She’s the same filly I saw in my night terror! She thought to herself as she moved her hoof over to touch the filly. She gulped a bit, If this IS Spacetwilight, why is she appearing to me as a Filly right now? Twilight thought. The filly continued to squirm in her sleep, whining wishing she could wake up. Twilight sighed and put her hoof on the fillies' shoulder. Much to her surprise, the filly calmed. Giving out a relieved moan as her breathing started to calm.

For some reason this made Twilight smile. She didn't know why. But it felt good to her as well. She moved over slightly to get more comfortable so she could examine the foal more. Her hoof remaining on the filly's shoulder, it seemed to help keep her calm. Twilight took it further and rubbed the filly's back ever so gently being sure not to wake her, while also wanting to help keep her calm.

"She’s so tiny.... it looks like she hasn't been eating at all." Twilight said under breath.

This must have woken the small Foal as her eyes fluttered open. Twilight was afraid at first, but when the filly looked up at her. The young filly's eyes were violet like her own. But the more Twilight looked at her the more she felt the Filly was more afraid then aggressive towards her. Twilight thought for a moment. This must be Spacetwilight. But she’s so small, and helpless. And why is she so afraid of me? This doesn't make any since at all! The filly started to move back, away from Twilight but was stopped by the back of the chariot's seat. Twilight decided she must try to talk to this form of Spacetwilight; perhaps she can use this to help stop Spacetwilight's Assault?

"Um.... Hello." Twilight asked. Trying to keep her voice sounding as friendly as possible.

The filly looked up at her then she finally spoke. "Hi." she responded, her voice trembled.

She sounds just like me. At least she sounded like me when I was her age. Twilight thought. She then decided to continue the conversation. "What’s wrong?"

The Filly started to calm down a bit. She must be feeling more at ease with Twilight's soft words. "I'm so alone. So cold!" she said as she shivered. "It’s always just so cold!"

Twilight's heart went out to the young pony. "You’re not alone anymore. You have me now."

"But, she said you don't like me." The young filly said as she tried to get a little further away from Twilight. But the chariot's small seat was preventing her from getting too far from her.

"No, I never said that?" Twilight asked "Why would I not like you?"

The filly blinked a couple of times. She seemed to be thinking about this as well. Twilight could barely hold a smile as she saw how alike they were. It must be because she’s my clone. She must be as smart as I am, but she’s obviously niece and would easily believe whoever told her I didn't want her. Twilight beamed at the young filly.

"Whoever told you this is a big fat liar and is trying to make you do bad things? You shouldn't believe somepony just because they scare you." Twilight said to her as she placed a hoof on her shoulder.

The filly looked at Twilight and smiled, and then her face twisted into a face of terror as she quickly looked behind the chariot. "SHES COMING!"

"Who? Who’s coming!?" Twilight asked she didn't see Anypony around but she heard an all too familiar laughter.

"NO! GO AWAY!" the Filly said as a mass of Black mist appeared over the chariot causing it to rock violently. The black mist shot out tentacles at the young Unicorn grabbing her tail and began to pull her up towards it. "NOOO! HELP ME, TWILIGHT! PLEASE!"

She Knows My Name!? Twilight thought she then snorted and grabbed and embraced the Filly, wrapping her forelegs around each other as she tried hard to pull the young Unicorn out of the grasp of the Black mist tentacle. The filly held on to Twilight with all the strength her little body could muster.

"YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE HER ANYMORE!" Twilight yelled as she pulled harder, to her amazement the filly didn't scream in pain. It was if she wanted to be free of this entity so much that Pain meant nothing to her.

The Black Mist gave an angered howl as it pulled her even harder causing the filly to scream and hold on even tighter to Twilight. Then, Twilight could hear her friends urging her to wake up NO! NOT YET! Please! Twilight thought hoping they would hear, but she then began to feel her body fade from the realm. "NO!"

As her body faded the Filly finally lost her grip and screamed as the Black Mist pulled her into its maw, the little filly cried out in tears "TWILIGHT!" with her hoof out before the jaws of the Black Mist slammed shut around her.

"NOOOOO!!!!!" Twilight Yelled, fully awake with her friends and several royal guards and maidens looking at her.

"Twilight, Sugar-cube, are ya okay!?" Applejack asked.

"You fell asleep and didn't wake up, then you started thrashing around screaming 'no you shall not have her anymore' something like that. It was so scary!" Pinkie Pie said. It was one of the few times she acted completely seriously. And rightfully so.

"Didn't you see her!?" Twilight asked. All her friends looking at her before Rarity walked up.

"See who? There’s nopony here but us, Twilight."

"A filly, she looked just like me and she was in the chariot!" Twilight said looking by her side to see the seat next to her completely empty.

"Twilight, there’s nopony there! There never was any filly with us." Spike said.

"But she was sleeping right here next to me! She knew my name she looked exactly like me! Then a black mist came and.... it took her!" Twilight screamed franticly to get her friends to believe her. "Please! I'm not lying! She was here!"

"Twilight, you were tired from the run. You fell asleep, it was all a dream!" Rainbow Dash said holding her friend by the shoulders to help calm her down.

Twilight thought back at the dream. "But it felt so real. And she knew my name. She was so small." Twilight said, to nobody particularly.

"What In the name of all that is holy Is Going on Here?" Princess Celestia walked up to the chariot. Her face straight and serious. Her patience was obviously exhausted.

"We're sorry your majesty." Twilight said. "I fell asleep on the way here. And had another Nightmare."

"Just like before?" Princess Celestia asked her attitude swiftly changed to concerned.

"Kind of. Although different. And that same little filly was here---" Twilight thought for a moment. Then shook her head. "Err the filly was in my dream. She knew who I was and everything."

"Did you talk to her? What did you talk about?" Celestia asked. She was truly interested in her pupil's dream. She must know what it could be signifying as well.

"She was saying how lonely and cold she was. She also said someone was telling her to do bad things." Twilight said. She felt she should tell the princess about them also telling her that she didn't want her. At least not yet.

"Sounds familiar." Luna said as she walked up beside her sister with bandages wrapped around her torso.

"Princess Luna! My goodness, what did she do to you!?" Twilight said when she looked at Luna's bandages.

Luna smiled. "its okay, Twilight Sparkle. We will be okay."

"How does this sound familiar Luna?" Celestia asked. She knew the answer but didn't want to say it.

"When I was Nightmare Moon, I had somepony, or something telling me how nopony loved me and it fueled my Rage and jealousy. It got to the point I was no longer in control anymore." Princess Luna said looking down ashamed at herself. then she heard one of the Element's barer speak.

"Where is he?" Rainbow Dash looked up to her with worry. They all did.

"I don't know.... I ordered some guards to go to Ponyville's town center. They haven't found him yet." Luna replied closing her eyes and shaking her head. "I pray he is alright."

"He has to be!" Twilight said looking up at Luna.

"Don't worry My Little Ponies. I'm certain High Teck is alright." Princess Celestia said with a smile.

"What makes you say that Princess Celestia?" Rarity asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Because I can see his airship just over the horizon." she said pointing upwards with her hoof and beamed. "I am certain his ship still requires guidance to fly does it not?" Celestia said as the Airship flew up over the group and hovered over them. Before landing in a clearing many Royal Guards made for the airship to land.

The airship landed with little effort and its side hatch opened as a white coated red mane Stallion walked out.

"High Teck! Your Alive!" the main six all cheered as they ran up to him. The Princesses remained where they were but beamed brightly with their smiles.

"Are you okay? What happened?" Twilight asked as she embraced the Techno-pony, then she smelled him. "Uh... and why do you smell like strawberries?" she smelled him once again. "Did you take a shower?"

"Uh... heh yeah, I Kinda had to." High Teck Chuckled. "Um... you see. After Luna came back here I was going to fight Spacetwilight at least to the point so I give you girls enough time to get here."

"Then what happened? How did you escape? And why did you take a shower?" The mane six kept asking him until he finally answered.

"Well um.... she ripped off my techno-saddle. Removed my headset. And...." the girls all leaned in to find out what happened next. "She uh.... Well she..... Started trying to seduce me."

Everypony, Celestia and Luna included all Jaw dropped. Even the Royal guards couldn't keep their own contiguity as they too got a look of shock on their face.

"Wait, she seduced you?" Twilight asked as her cheeks went red Yep; she’s defiantly my clone if she could develop an attraction to him. Twilight thought.

"Um... Tried. I didn’t give into it though." High Teck proudly said. "I get enough attention from you girls as it is." this made the all the six girls blush before Princess Celestia approached. "Oh Dear...." he mumbled to himself.

"High Teck, I....."

"Oh Dear...." He said his ears folding back. He was ready to get the worst ear lashing to date. Celestia lowered her head down and kissed his cheek. "Uh....."

"Wish to thank you. For saving my sister's life." She said with a smile.

"But... it was my rocket that started this in the first place?" High Teck admitted.

"Even so, you could never have anticipated this outcome. Also, you built that rocket, not to bring harm to Equestria, but to help expand our knowledge of the universe beyond my sun and my sister's moon. How can I possibly be upset about that?" she said with a smile and looked over to Twilight. Whose ears folded back as she looked down to her hooves in disappointment at herself? "Neither of you two have done any wrong. Accidents can and do happen. Even the most terrible of them are never intentional." Celestia closed her eyes and breathed in. She suddenly opened as a box appeared in front of her. "But with all mistakes, we must also take responsibility and work them out."

Both High Teck and Twilight Sparkle nodded and agreed. Celestia walked up to Twilight and smiled. Her smile went away when she felt something grabbing at the box. It was magic, similar to Twilights. "Twilight, I know your anxious to get the Elements of harmony. But can you please let go of the box?"

Twilight looked at the Solar Princess questionably and shook her head. "I'm sorry your majesty, but I'm not doing anything."

Celestia thought for a moment, and then she put two and two together. But before she could react the ground began to shake beneath them before bursting open as a Large Crystal rose from the earth separating Twilight and Princess Celestia and knocking the Elements of Harmony out of Celestia's Magical Grasp. The box fell to the ground and the six elemental ornaments scattered to the ground.

"The Elements of Harmony, Quick get them before---" Rainbow Dash was caught off when an aura surrounded them and they floated upward. "Twi, Please tell me that’s you doing that..."

Twilight shook her head with her mouth agape. "Sorry Rainbow Dash, it isn't me."

Everypony looked up as the Elements of harmony floated higher and higher before a flash of light blinded most of the ponies, all except Celestia who looked on. Her eyes widened as she laid her eyes upon the Space-Unicorn.

Floating up in the air, her horn aglow as she levitated herself as well as the Elements of harmony, her body posed in a Crucifix as her tail flowed in the none existent wind.

"Spacetwilight Sparkle!" Twilight said as she looked up.

"My, my ears are burning" twitches her ear a bit. "Hello mother." Spacetwilight said with a giggle, turning her attention to the elements of Harmony. "Oh, are these for me? I'm not much of a jewelry girl, but in this case I'll make an acceptation." Spacetwilight said as she took Twilight's tiara and placed it upon her head. She looked at the other five Elements of Harmony and smiled as she levitated them upward and began to spin them around.

"Tough luck if you think the Elements of Harmony will work for you, Spacetwilight!" Pinkie Pie said with a pokerface.

"Yeah, the elements of harmony can only work for us or the Princesses." Twilight Sparkle stated as she smirked at her twin. "You know nothing about friendship to utilize them. And even if you did you still don't have the spark." Twilight added.

Spacetwilight scowled at Twilight and bared her teeth at her. "You Putrid Foal. Friendship is NOTHING to me! Your Elements of Harmony is useless against my Might! Many have tried and used Hydrogen bombs, Hyper Masers, Not even the Oxygen Destroyer could destroy Me! My Power is unequaled!"

"You’re the foal Spacetwilight! The Elements of Harmony is no weapon. and even with your infinite power, not even you can withstand their purifying light!" Princess Luna said.

"Is that so? Well then you know what they say? if something exists that threatens your existence, GET RID OF IT!" Spacetwilight said as she lifted the Elements of harmony higher and higher, spinning faster and faster before letting they go. each piece being shot out across the horizon. with Spacetwilight laughing as she lowered to the ground. "Try and find your precious Elements of Harmony now, My Little Ponies!" Spacetwilight cackled as the mane six, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, High Teck, and all other ponies in the courtyard all looked on.

End of Part 4

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