Crown of Hatred ~ {mlp - Twibra Fanfic}

Chapter 3. A mistake

The moon was shining brightly as the the night went on, ponies were sleeping happily in their homes, Princess Luna was doing her duty to protect everyone from nightmares. But she was also looking out for the dream link into Twilight's dream world, the purple pony had been missing for two days, last seen at a hotel in Canterlot.

She searched through the dream links, multiple different strings, leading to doors into ponies sleeping thoughts. She scanned all of the links until she found it, Twilight's dream world. Luna entered it and found herself inside the Crystal Empire. There were dark crystals everywhere, and shadows enclosing the castle. Nopony was around other than a few that had been crushed by falling crystals.

"SPIKE!!!"

A scream came from high in the sky, and that is when Luna noticed Twilight chained at the top of the crystal tower, as she shifted her vision down and to the left she noticed Spike, Twilight's dragon, he was impaled on a long but thin dark crystal, there was blood dripping from it. The crystal heart was now falling, Luna knew this was a nightmare, Twilight was replaying the events in her head.

The princess used her magic to pause the nightmare, as she flew up to the top of the crystal tower, only to find Twilight, chained and curled up in a ball on the floor. She removed the chains and walked over to Twilight. The pony was sobbing violently on the floor, she hadn't even noticed the princess until she felt a hoof on her shoulder. She looked up.

"Princess Luna???" Her tears slowly dried, "Princess!! You have to help, King Sombra is back, he.. he.. He got Spike!! You have to get to the heart before he does, you have to help us.."

She cried as Luna picked her up and gave her a tight hug. Letting the unicorn cry into her shoulders, unconsciously she wrapped her wings around Twilight, to comfort her. The small pony was sobbing into Luna's fur, leaving a wet dark patch of clumped-together fur. The princess didn't mind this though, as she only needed to comfort Twilight.

Luna's horn lit up with light as the scene around them shifted, and suddenly they were in the golden oak library. Twilight looked around and wiped her tears, sniffling.

"What are we doing here? How did we get here?" She asked, looking around the room with confusion

Luna stood up and walked over to Twilight

"You're in a dream Twilight Sparkle, none of this is real"

The pony looked shocked, it was a dream? So does that mean that Spike is..? No.. She had watched him die, and then she left. Twilight looked into Luna's eyes, they were such a lovely blue that she got lost in them for a second. But she shook it off and walked over to the table to take a seat.

Luna went over and joined her, not saying anything. Twilight was very clearly confused, and her mind needed to catch up with what was happening. As much as Luna wanted to push her for answers on where she was, she stayed patient and let the unicorn calm down on her own.

"Why are you here?" The unicorn finally asked

Luna was a little shocked at the question, it was not what she was expecting.

"I was sent to find you, after the battle in The Crystal Empire, you went missing, nopony has seen or heard from you in two days."

Twilight looked down, she knew it felt real, and Luna's words just confirmed it. She stifled back tears, clearing her throat. Looking back up at the princess, her face solemn.

"Why does it matter where I am?" She asked, her voice breaking "We defeated Sombra, so why should it matter where I am, it's perfectly safe to spend some time away from home."

Luna sat up straight and cleared her throat

"Twilight.... Sombra came back.. He cast a spell on the Golden Oak library while your friends and princess Cadance were inside."