Chapter 2 – Discovery

Luna's return trip back to Canterlot is only a minute. Celestia came in gently and reminded her to lower the moon. With a nod, she acknowledged and does so. But then Celestia caught attention of one thing. A blue wispy beast in the cage. That indeed is a Tantabus.

"I see you returned from your quick trip." Celestia said,

"Yes." her sister huffed, "The Tantabus almost caused trouble on Earth. He already brought nightmares to other humans on earth. This is the fifth time it tried to target one human." and that made Celestia frowned.

"She is a Troublesome one." Celestia said, "We are glad the Humans are not endangered."

"There is one thing I need to tell you." Luna said, "This human I sensed had thin aura and wisps protecting it before I entered his dream."

"Aura and Wisps?" Celestia widens her eyes, "So you found the Super-Dreamer."

"Super-Dreamer?"

"Those are very rare to be found. I know them before your return." She started the explanation. "Follow me, and I will show you." and straight to the Halls of Harmony. Each windows representing pictures. "A Super-Dreamer are extranatural beings to resist such nightmares that invade dreams. They can manipulate its own dream at greater efficiencies, or even its own avatar form. As you know, each Dreams had its own theme, and sometimes, the Nightmares."

"Outrageous! They could rival my power!" Luna grows jealous,

"But they are not without weaknesses." Celestia continued, "Dream Haunters are one of those. They can haunt other Dreams, and even Super-Dreamer's Dream. They are also rare to encounter, but they are known to be dangerous against Super-Dreamers." and before any further, green fire wisps to Celestia's sight, before forming a written Scroll. It opens up.

'To my faithful Princess Celestia,

We have found the human with it's hidden element as you requested. He resides at the place called Midland Texas, and goes to Middle School. There is also one Issue we have discovered with him. He indeed lacks friends, and that is because everyone keeps rejecting him, and turning him down. We need a plan to get him to make friends. I will await further instructions as we watch him.

Your formal faithful Student,

Princess Twilight Sparkle.'

And Celestia looked at the Photographic Image.

"Impressive. Twilight has learned such new spells." Luna commented,

"A Photographing Spell is what I taught him during espionage training." Celestia smiled,

"And that must be the Human." Luna pointed her hoof, "That is the Super-Dreamer."

"A Super-Dreamer who lacks any friends." Celestia frowned in dissapointment. "This planet is already empowered by Harmony all thanks to friendships forging around. Yet." she looks at the image, "This next element will do no good against King Monarch unless he can make more friends."

It was then Princess Luna made a decision. The Tantabus will not stop targeting the man, and with him lacking any friends the King will grow stronger unless a friendship within the eighth harmony grows.

"Allow me." Princess Luna turned around, "I am going to take this man's dream as a vessel for now." walking to the balcony, "When the time comes, I will speak to him. But I will need your support."

"Leave that to me." Celestia nodded, and the Princess of the Moon takes flight, before magic warping straight to the planet. Celestia can see the Planet Earth from here, it is farther from their Planet Equus, but not very far from the Moon. It is a shaped like a golf ball.

The school has ended already, and Derek has returned to his house. He meets his Mom.

"Hello again, Derek." she said, "Have you made any friends?" and Derek's response is a shooked head. "Derek. It has been a month, and you need friends if you want to graduate."

"I wish it is easy." Derek sighed, "Everyone is still looking me down. It's if I'm the red-nosed of all other reindeer."

"Don't be like that." Mom reassured, "You just need to show courage. Show that you can be depended on." but Derek instead walked upstairs to where his bedroom lies ahead.

'How can I?' Derek thoughted, 'Most in my school brushed my help away. And even If I do, they still refuse their trusts to me.' before sighing and opening a door to his bedroom. 'This is like Kindergarten and Elementary.' It is where he has his Computer, and his Video Games. His perfect Windows 10, with the Anti-Virus program in Subscription mode thanks to his mom. On his table however is an NES Cartridge that is titled 'Bubble Bobble'. A game he managed to beat a dozen times...with no player 2 helping.

He remembers beating the game on his fifth time, only to get this ending. On the television it says, 'This is not a True Ending! Try again with your friend.". Yet he was unable to make friends. He has given up hope and instead play Bubble Bobble on his own. No matter the number of times being sent back, Derek plays on his own over and over.

After dinner, and more gaming, sleepy time for another School Day. Only to awaken in a Nightmare. There he is, Derek in his red robes is facing Grumple Grommit, the final boss of Bubble Bobble. He has gotten the Lightning Bubble. And he dodged the thrown glass bottles. They explode like bombs, and Derek fired his Lightning Bubble blasts. He gets electrocuted, and a continuous beam inflicts more damages in a stream. At last he is trapped, and he leaps for a flying punch, defeating the enemy. But nothing happened. Derek then finds out the captured girl is missing.

'You still have no friends.' the echoes visit his mind. It is making him angrier.

'No Friends = Bad Ending.'

'A happy ever after Requires Friends.'

'You will be stuck until a Friendship is Forged'

Clouds Darkened, floors as well. Derek's head hungs down. His fist shaking.

'No Friends for the Wicked.'

'You are just a Freak.'

'Go away.'

'We are never Friends, Freak!'

'Get involved and I will break your head off.'

'Stop trying to earn our trusts!'

'We don't need you!'

There is a group, coming out of the shadows and forming as crowds of people. They are all glaring at him. Four down-thumbing him, to show he is nothing but a rejected student.

'Our world will be a perfect place, if you can just die.'

Derek snapped into rage at the nightmares. His form shapeshifts, with an aura of green and red fire. Somewhere from the skies, Princess Luna is watching. She gasped at what it is happening. A Nightmare that is torturing him. But there is something else. It was the Host, transforming. The Cybernetic Demon from the Classic Doom Games is born, wielding an arm cannon with a large barrel, which rockets could fit in. The shadow people then fires bubbles with electrical energy inside. But Derek raised his arm cannon, and pulled the trigger and firing rockets. It bursted through bubbles, tazing little to stop the rockets as it's shell is too much. A touch of a tip sends an Explosion, blowing up the hostile crowd. But they keep coming back. Derek however fired some more. He felt minor stings when Lightning bubble hits him.

But the spawning is endless, and Princess Luna has found the source. One magical laser zap dispels all the shadows, before revealing the blue wispy wisp. It was indeed the Tantabus.

"You have gone too far this time." Luna glared at the wisp, before firing another laser. The Tantabus dodged as many shots before leaving the Dream at last. "No! You're not getting away!" Too late! The Tantabus left Derek's Dream. The host however shapeshifted back to his normal form. He has a Darker Blue-green Robe with a Hood hiding his head, and light-pale green is on the pants, gloves, and leather shoulderpads. The location is now just a modern city with a concrete road he's standing on.

"Yeah! That's right!" Derek pumped his fists, "I beat you down-lookers at last!"

'This Super-Dreamer is a Geek' Luna thoughted, 'Interesting'

'Luna,' The voice is coming from her sister Celestia, trying to communicate with her through telepath. 'try to confront him and raise his spirits from despair.' She messaged, 'I will tell the six faithful students, 'The Time has come.'' and Princess Luna nodded in response.

'What about the students at his school?' Luna asked,

'They will need to be shown the Consequences if they keep treating him very badly.' Celestia finished, and with the Telepatic Message ending, she trots closer. This noticed Derek and turned around. He widens his eyes and raised his vial which contains dangerous gunpower and other liquid stuffs.

'That's a Bomb.' Luna thoughted,

"Are you another one of Dream Haunters?" Derek interrogated, and Princess Luna approaches with a peaceful stance.

"Put your Bomb Down." she said, "I am here to speak. I am not one of those you fear."

"I don't know if I should." he said with a look still cautious. "You all look like Dream haunters when they invade." With a sigh, magic flashes and his arsenals dissapeared, before he is levitated onto the ground, and onto his flank, legs crossed.

"Now." Luna walked closer, "I like to have a pleasant conversion about yourself."

"If it's about making friends." Derek looked away, "Then I shouldn't bother."

"That." Luna countered, "Is something we will discuss about."