Rarity and Twilight awoke in a drafty room with a huge and fancy looking bed. The mares looked at it and Rarity flung herself on the bed. "Finally, a bed I can rest on!" She sighed. Twilight smiled and flipped through the book. "Here."
She said, finding the page with Rarity on it. It was of Rarity but she was fast asleep and had her braid spread "You are the Sleeping Beauty, but you don't look like the princess with a dress like that!" She snorted. Rarity huffed and dusted
off her dress. "You're right, I am the princess here, there has to be something suitable to wear!"

"So, let me get this straight. You eight are from a different world that our stories don't exist in?" Dorothy asked.

"Pretty much." Rainbow shrugged.

"Goldilocks will get a kick out of that!" Alice giggled.

Starlight looked up. "Goldilocks? Who's that?"

There was a sudden scream from the woods, making them all jump.

"Oh dear!" Fluttershy gasped.

"What was that?" Spike creid.

At his words, a young filly tumbled out of the bushes. They all screamed in surprise.

"Sorry to startle you!" The girl gasped. But all they saw was their young friend Scootaloo in a blue dress but she had blond hair.

"Scootaloo? Your hair's curly and blond…" Applejack said.

"My name's not Scootaloo, it's Goldilocks, but you're right, this isn't my real mane." She took off her golden wig and threw it to the ground in disgust, showing her real mane. "My parents named me before I was born, thought
I'd have blond hair." She laughed. She looked around then gasped.

"Alice! Dorothy!" She creid, running to the girls and they squealed, hugging each other.

"I haven't seen you guys in forever! Where have you been this whole time?!" Goldilocks gasped.

"Oz." Dorothy replied

"Wonderland." Alice answered.

The girls giggled. "You three are friends here just like our world's cmc?" Fluttershy whispered.

Goldilocks looked up. "Your world?"

"It's a lot to take in." Dorthy muttered.

"I don't get it! Nothing is in here!" Rarity creid, closing the closet doors. Twilight was still reading though, staring at the last story in the book. The other mare came up to her. "What's wrong, darling?" She asked.

Twilight sighed. "Nothing."

Rarity barely saw a bit of white on the page but it snapped shut.

"So… What happens to Sleeping Beauty? What do I need to do?" She whispered.

"The princess was cursed as a baby and was said to fall down dead the day she turned fifteen. A good fairy softened the curse and said she would be only asleep but for a thousand years and true love's kiss would break the curse."

Rarity sighed. "Oh good! I… Wait… Sleep for a thousand years?! I can't! I'll miss everything! And I'll never get to see my parents o-or my sister… Or you girls ever again."

Twilight gasped. Somehow, she had forgotten that.

"Rarity… I'm going to find you a true love as soon as you fa-" She just realized what she had said.

"As soon, as I fall asleep?! We can't change that?" Rarity creid through tears.

"Rarity…."

The unicorn flung herself on the bed and started to sob.

"Please! Rarity! Please stop!" Twilight creid and ran to her side.

"Look at me…"

Rarity didn't look up.

"I said look at me!" Twilight demanded.

Rarity lifted her head, mascara streaming down her face.

"I promise… Pinkie promise that you will wake up as soon as we can find a true love." Twilight said, very serious.

"So, which
castle are we looking for?" Goldilocks muttered.

"Which? What do you mean?" Rainbow asked.

"There's Prince Siegfried's castle,"

"Prince Flinn's."

"Prince Philip's."

"There's a couple more but we all just call 'em Charming."

The six looked in confusion at the cmc.

"I… I don't know." Applejack stumbled.

Fluttershy suddenly gasped.

"Rarity looked like a peasant girl but had a crown on. Does that sound familiar?"

They were silent but Goldilocks leapt up.

"Yes! When I was running from bears, I saw a mare just like that! But she was blond…"

Alice raised her eyebrows. "But I thought-"

"That's it! Where is she?" Pinkie creid.

"I saw her run to the palace to the north."

Rarity breathed hard as she looked around.

"I can't find a spinning wheel! Too bad!" She chuckled nervously.

"There's gotta be one-"

Twilight was interrupted.

"Well, there's not!" Rarity growled.

The princess turned.

Rarity bit her lip.

"I'm sorry…" She whispered.

They were silent for a moment.

"I just… Can't." Rarity ran off and Twilight stood all alone in the hallway.

"What have I done…." She sighed.

Twilight was still roaming the castle, looking for her friend when she noticed a door she hadn't before.

She cocked her head and walked to it.

At her approach, it creaked open. She slowly looked up to see stairs upon stairs, a tower.

"Really?! Why do villains always chose stairs?! W-why not a slide?!"

A few minutes later, she had reached the top, but only because she used a spell from long ago. The mare looked around then a glint caught her eye. A spindle as sharp as a dagger stood in its spinning wheel.

"I found it…." She whispered.

Twilight then looked up and saw a familiar face.

"Nightmare Moon…" She growled.

The pony raised her eyebrows.

"What did you just call me?"

Twilight coughed. "Nothing."

She heard a sudden gasp.

"Twilight! I've been looking everywhere to sa-" Rarity slowly stopped when she saw Nightmare Moon.

"Ah, so this is the beloved little baby I curse so long ago.. It's been a while, dear." The alicorn chuckled.

Rarity was trembling a bit but stood her ground.

"Leave me alone!" She cried.

"I don't think so, your highness." Nightmare Moon snarled.

She suddenly grabbed Rarity and thrust her hoof onto the spindle.

Rarity gasped then collapsed. Nightmare Moon only flung her away.

"Rarity!" Twilight yelled, running to her. She looked around to find the villain gone… But so was her friend.

Meanwhile, in the forest,

"We're almost there!" Goldilocks creid. The cmc skipped ahead of the others.

"I hope they're alright.." Rainbow Dash whispered.

The friends merely nodded.

Suddenly, they all felt the same wretched jolt that shocked them.

"What in tarnation was that?!" Applejack creid.

"Oh, that felt like my heart was ripped forward and then slung back…" Fluttershy groaned.

"Yep. That made me want to puke!" Pinkie huffed.

Spike and Starlight raised their eyebrows in surprise.

"I didn't feel anything." Starlight shrugged.

"I didn't either." Spike replied.

"We're here! It's so shiny!" Alice squealed, running up to them.

They looked up at the gleaming castle when suddenly, thorns and brambles shot up. They gasped as the brambles grew upward, covering the kingdom.

"What's happening?!" Dorothy gasped.

"We're about to find out!" Starlight creid, teleporting them all away.

They appeared in a room high above the thorns but heard sobbing. The nine ran to it and saw Twilight crying all alone by a bed.

"Twilight!" The mares and Spike gasped, running to her.

The cmc carefully walked up, not quite sure how to help but Dorthy spotted something and ran to it. The girls followed to see Rarity fast asleep with a rose between her hooves.

"Why is she sleeping?" Goldilocks asked. The rest walked up and Twilight sighed.

"A evil alicorn cursed her to sleep a thousand years… Unless we can find a prince, but I don't think that's very likely."

Alice looked at the sleeping mare and whimpered a little. She then looked up and ran to the tower door.

"Where ya' goin', Ali?" Dorothy asked.

"This isn't right! I'm finding a prince!" She slammed the door shut.

Alice looked around for a minute before finding a small enough gap to squeeze through the vines. She slowly trotted into the forest and wondered if any princes would come. She remembered her friends all had their adventures in the woods and so had
she herself. So many had stumbled upon each other, it was hard to count!

She walked deeper in, it getting darker and darker.

"There's nothing scary here!" She laughed nervously.

"Except… Witches… And sorcerers…. And evil stepmothers…."

She suddenly heard a wolf's howl and squeaked in fear. The girl knew what that howl ment, it was eating time.

She raced off screaming and in the darkness, she tripped right into a trap.

The girl creid out as she fell into a pit. She luckily grabbed on a branch.

"Help!" She squealed.

She then heard a crack. Was it the maker of this trap?!

"Hello? Who's down there?" Called a proper voice.

Alice felt her hooves slipping on the branch and finally said in panic, "Who are you?"

She heard a scuffle then saw a head pop out to look down at her. "Oh! You're just a child!" He remarked, giving out his hoof.

She hesitated and slowly reached back but the branch snapped.

Alice screamed as she fell but suddenly, strong hooves had grabbed her. The stallion pulled her back to the surface and set her down.

Her savior was a white unicorn with a blue mane and matching eyes. He wore a blue regal shirt with a crown on his head.

"You're a prince?"

Twilight and her friends had been guarding Rarity nonstop since Alice left. The door opened and she raced in along with another pony.

"Fancypants?" The mane seven gasped.

"That would be a no! This is Prince Phillip! He knows your friend!" Alice said, skipping up to her friends.

"Wait… Fancypants… Is her prince?" Spike asked, looking at him.

"Er… Perhaps?" Phillip coughed.

He walked over to the bed and the others watched him.

"I know this mare…" He whispered, brushing a lock of her hair off her face.

"How?" Applejack asked, a bit skeptical to say the least.

"We met… Once upon a dream…."

Rainbow gave a huff. "You GOT to be kidding me."

"So… You love her right?" Twilight asked.

Phillip looked down at the girl. "Of course…" He sighed softly, looking at the beauty.

He suddenly kissed her and they all gasped in suprise.

"That was quick…." Rainbow grunted.

Rarity suddenly gasped awake and looked up at her friends. "I-I don't understand…" She whispered softly.

"You don't need to." Rainbow laughed.

Twilight looked at the book and saw Rarity replaced by a golden haired maiden. Suddenly, Fluttershy and Twilight disappeared with a poof.

"And I just woke up!" Rarity sighed.