Peter sat up with a sharp intake of cold air, singing his throat as it filled his lungs.

"Peter! You're okay!" He heard, the voice seeming distant and warped.

"Where's Twilight," he immediately asked, questions burning through his mind. "Twilight? Why would you want to see Twilight, I'M you're fiancee..."

"I have a few important questions," he responded to the far-off voice as he stood, determination surging through his veins, filling every bit of his body with pins and needles of energy.

"Whoa, you shouldn't be moving around! You just passed out, Peter!"

"The answers I crave are more important than my personal well-being," Peter mumbled, already releasing the clasp on the cloud-like membrane, allowing it to retract into the wall with a zip.

Everypony turned at the sound of the membrane retracting, and stood as Peter walked out of Rainbow Dash's compartment.

"Oh, thank goodness," Applejack sighed. Oddly enough, her relief seemed to fall on deaf ears, as Peter kept walking towards the lavender unicorn at the head of the table.

"Oh, my, are you okay, darling?" Rarity asked. That question remained unanswered.

"Peter? Are you feeling okay? Do you want something to eat?" Fluttershy nervously asked. She shrank back with a blush as Peter continued to slowly advance towards Twilight, who had, at this point, donned a rather concerned expression.

"Uh, Peter? Are you okay?" The lavender unicorn finally asked. Her face of concern turned to one of absolute surprise as Peter momentarily stooped down to grab her hoof, and drag her towards the library in the train.

"We need to talk," he growled as he dragged Twilight along.

"Um...Okay?" She nervously sputtered, glancing back at the other ponies for anything insightful.

"About what, huh?" The question, asked by none other than Rainbow Dash, in a rather heated fashion, snapped Twilight's attention back to what was ahead of her.

"I'll tell you later, honey," Peter promised. "But it's something that I don't fully understand, but I'm pretty sure Twilight will."

Rainbow Dash nodded, and allowed for their entrance into the library.

Once the membrane had been closed behind them, Peter sat on Twilight's bed with a sigh, letting go of her hoof as he did so.

"Well? What did you want to talk to me about?" She asked after a moment of silence.

"I didn't pass out," he muttered.

"Come again?" Twilight asked, unable to discern his words.

"I didn't pass out," he repeated, more clearly this time. "I was dragged into unconsciousness by a...a pony, by the name of Metall Kant...which I know is Norwegian for Metal Edge, which means that Metall Kant is an Elder..."

"You met an Elder!?" Twilight exclaimed.

"Yes," Peter immediately responded, "but what I have to tell you is more important...

"Firstly, he made me fight a shitload of...things, then I had to fight more but with my actual strength, but the sword and shield were too heavy for me, so I lost. He told me that if I lost, I would never see Rainbow Dash again, but that wasn't the case. He lied to test the strength of my love for her, and I asked him what the beast things were...they looked like humans, only horribly disfigured...he said that I wasn't the first human in Equestria. Would you happen to know anything about that?"

Twilight gulped, and shook her head. "No, I've never read anything about humans in Equestria...Maybe I'll send a letter to Celestia..."

"That would be best," Peter sighed. "I just don't understand why he wants me to train for fighting, he said that these things might be real one day, but I have no idea what the fuck is going on, he said we would meet in my dreams..."

Twilight shrugged. "I don't know. We should just wait for Celestia to tell us."

Peter nodded, and the two wordlessly exited the room.

"So, what were you talking about?" Rainbow Dash immediately asked.

"I'll tell you later," Peter promised.

"Peter, what happened to you? I was so worried!" Pinkie Pie shouted. "You were just like BLAH and you were unconscious!"

Peter shrugged. "Whatever. I'm pretty damn tired," he mumbled, genuinely exhausted from what had occurred in his dream. "Rainbow Dash, come with me, I'll tell you what happened..."

Rainbow Dash eagerly scooped up Peter and flew into their compartment, closing the membrane behind her.

"Wow," Rainbow Dash muttered. "Wanna have sex?"

"What?" Peter blurted out. "I tell you that I fought a shitload if demon things, and all you can think about is sex!?"

"What?" The Pegasus whined. "You went through a lot, you deserve some ass."

Peter sighed. "Can we just snuggle? I don't feel like sex, and all I really wanna do right now is be close to you..."

Rainbow Dash sighed, and, with a grunt of annoyance, wrapped her wings around Peter and pulled him down onto the bed. "Pussy," she muttered as Peter nuzzled her chest.

"Fuck you," Peter muttered.

"Why not?" Rainbow Dash responded.

"I'm tired."

"We're having sex tonight, I don't care what you say."

"Fine," Peter sighed.

"You are one weird guy."

"Yeah, no shit."

"Ah, you're already asleep. I don't have much time, as I must shortly depart with Celestia..."

"Can't I sleep in peace?" Peter sighed.

"There's something important I forgot to tell you. If you undertake this training, you must first sacrifice your innocence as a child, as well as any down time you have on this vacation. I can teach you techniques in your dreams, but you can't build your physical body in your dreams. You will have to exercise, and have your wife help you. Tell her anything, even the truth. But you must get stronger. You're too weak for my training. You must get stronger."

"Or what?"

"Or we are all doomed."