I'll try to update quickly, but I'm busy with school and extracurricular activities, so the update may be later.

Arkayna opened the fridge and grabbed the jug of milk on the door. Ever since she stopped going to her parents' room when she had a nightmare, milk was the only thing that calmed her down. And she definitely had a nightmare.

She had just finished pouring a glass of milk and sat down at the kitchen table when she heard footsteps coming down the stairs, which made her jump. "W…who's there?"

"Relax, Princess," a familiar voice from up the stairs asked. "It's just us." A few seconds later, Zarya and Piper came down the stairs. Zarya had a troubled expression, as though she was trying to hide being afraid but failing, and Piper's green eyes shone with fear as she held the plush griffin they gave Piper for her birthday.

"What's wrong?" Arkayna asked.

"We had a nightmare," Piper said.

Arkayna raised an eyebrow "What do you mean by 'we'?"

"I just woke up from a nightmare when Piper came to my room, saying she had one to," Zarya said.

"Freaky," Arkayna asked. "This whole mysticon thing must be getting to all of us."

"What do you mean?" Piper asked, sitting at the table with Arkayna.

"I had a bad dream to," Arkayna admitted.

"You to?" Piper asked a little loudly.

"Yes," Arkayna said. "But keep your voice down. Em's still sleeping."

As if on cue, Emerald came into the kitchen. "What's going on?"

"Nothing," Zarya said as she leaned against the wall. "Just happened to be 'National Nightmare Day', that's all."

"You all had bad dreams to?" Emerald asked.

"Wait a second," Arkayna said. "You're not saying that you had one, are you?"

"Yeah," Emerald said. "I was actually trying to fall back to sleep after it when I heard Piper up." She yawned. "Not that I probably could anyway, with how creepy my dream was."

"Freaky," Zarya said.

"And I thought that freakiest thing that would happen tonight was seeing people at magi mall being sick with a mysterious illness in my dream," Piper said.

Everyone else's eyes widened as Zarya looked at Piper. "Was there some strange black fog making everyone sick?" Zarya asked.

"No way!" Piper said. "You had that dream to?"

Zarya nodded. "Yeah." She stopped leaning on the wall and went closer to the table.

"I can't believe it," Emerald said. "Please don't tell me that there was a mysterious figure laughing in your dreams."

"There was," Zarya said.

"I decided to call him Freaky Guy," Piper said.

"And did we try to go into our mysticon forms, but couldn't?" Arkayna asked.

"Yeah," Emerald said. "At least in my dream."

"Mine to," Zarya said.

Piper said nothing, but nodded as she tightly gripped her stuffed toy.

There was a moment of silence as everyone processed the conversation. "By the hammer of Harmon," Emerald said at last.

"This can't be a coincidence," Arkayna said.

"But what else could it be?" Piper said. "We didn't get psychic powers when we became mysticons, did we?"

"If so, it came a little late," Zarya said.

"Not to mention that if we did see the future, then it will actually happen," Arkayna said.

"Do you think we should call Malvaron and Doug?" Emerald asked. "Maybe they have an idea of what's going on."

"They'd come here straight from their guy's week, and they were looking forward to it for a month," Zarya said. "Whatever it is, we can deal with it without them."

Arkayna thought for a moment. "They still might have some information. I'll call Malvaron later, when it wouldn't be weird for us to call, but try to act casual."

"Sounds like a plan," Zarya said.

"But what do we do in the meantime?" Emerald asked. "That nightmare had to mean something, didn't it?"

"I'm sure it does," Arkayna said. She stood up. "But it's late, and we'll all be able to think clearer once we get some more sleep."

"But what if the bad dream comes again?" Piper asked.

Zarya put a hand on Piper's shoulder. "Don't worry, Pipes. You can sleep in my room if you want."

"Besides," Emerald said, forcing a smile. "Even though that dream may mean something, it can't hurt us right now."

"Why don't we have a sleepover in the living room?" Arkayna said. "It might be fun."

"You just don't want to be alone after this," Zarya said, smirking.

"Like you're not freaked out by this to," Arkayna said.

"A sleepover sounds good to me," Emerald said. She looked at Piper. "Let's get the living room ready."

"O.K.," Piper said.

With that, Emerald and Piper went up the stairs to grab some blankets for the living room. When they were gone, Zarya and Arkayna looked at each other.

"This is just another mission," Zarya said.

"I hope you're right," Arkayna said.

Arkayna was about to leave when she heard Zarya quietly say, "Me, to."

With that, Arkayna stopped and turned around. "Let's get our blankets. I'm sure we'll both feel better with the others right beside us."