Chapter 4

The Dream Warriors

When the dream began, Neo, Spike and the ponies were in Ponyville, but they could already tell it was a dream since some things looked different. Some of the houses were shaped in weird ways and some of the town ponies looked different, including size, shape, appearance and talent. And there were some muffins with wings flying around along with some demonic looking butterflys.

Then Princess Luna showed up with a huge sphere of light around her, she was using all the magic and strength she had to keep all the dreams of the ponies combined all at once.

The Ponyville ponies were so happy to see Princess Luna, they came over to her and bowed to her.

"There is no time for bowing, my friends!" shouted Luna. "There is something coming, something terrible! No, it is already here!"

Then the Tantabus appeared and began terrorizing the ponies.

As the ponies screamed and ran around the town in fear, Princess Luna said, "I am so sorry! I brought this upon you! But I will end it now!"

Princess Luna tried to use her magic to stop the Tantabus, but she was getting so weak from the energy she was putting into keeping the dreams combined.

"Princess, what's wrong?" asked Twilight.

Luna grunted and said, "It... is taking all my strength just to hold this massive dream together! You will have to stop it! I truly wish I did not have to ask this of you!"

As the Tantabus kept attacking the town, Freddy Kruegar appeared and said, "Hey smokey, I'm not finished with you."

The Tantabus came over to Freddy. Freddy was ready to fight, but before he could do anything, the Tantabus surrounded Freddy with smoke and the Tantabus held onto him.

The Tantabus tossed Freddy around like a sack of oranges, and eventually, the Tantabus tossed him out on the outskirts of Ponyville.

When Freddy landed, he said, "Fucking evil forces."

Everypony in town except Princess Luna and the mane 6 kept running and screaming in fear of the Tantabus terrorizing their dream.

Neo was getting tired of this, so he said, "Alright that's it. Time to call in the reinforcements."

Neo took small circles out of his pockets that had the Mortal Kombat logo on them. He threw them onto the ground and they got a little bigger. Then Mortal Kombat warriors jumped out of the circles, including Liu Kang, Raiden, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Cyrax, Quan Chi, Kitana, Noob Saibot, Smoke, Stryker, Kung Lao, Kabal, and Sheeva.

Princess Luna and the mane 6 were so amazed by what Neo just did.

"Hey, this a dream remember," Neo said, "You can do anything in your dreams."

Then the Mortal Kombat warriors started fighting the Tantabus.

Even thought the Tantabus was outnumbered by the warriors, it still managed to fight them off every easily. The Mortal Kombat warriors fought the Tantabus with all their might, but the Tantabus was winning.

Princess Luna thought it was hopeless, she said, "This isn't working, and I'm getting weaker. I cannot hold this dream together much longer! Equestria will fall because of me!"

Suddenly, the Tantabus grew bigger. It grew to immense size and it took the form of an alicorn pony that looked similar to Princess Luna.

"Tell me I just didn't see that," said Spike in a shocked tone. "That thing just grew right after what Luna just said.

"I think it's feeding off your guilt, Princess Luna!" shouted Twilight.

Then Hellraiser appeared in the sky over the Tantabus and said, "Now, Equestria will be mine."

Then the Tantabus began opening a portal to real life in Equestria, getting ready to turn all of Equestria into a living nightmare.

When Neo saw Hellraiser, he said, "I should have know Hellraiser was behind this."

Princess Luna closed her eyes in shame, "This is all my fault. It's because of me the Tantabus is winning, and it will be my fault that Tantabus turns all of Equestria into a nightmare."

T"What are you talking about princess?" asked Twilight.

"If Hellraiser sent the Tantabus to give me nightmares for what I did as Nightmare Moon, then I deserve it. It's my punishment for the evil I caused as Nightmare Moon."

"Don't talk like that," said Fluttershy. "That is not true."

Princess Luna kept getting weaker by her guilt, which was exactly what Hellraiser wanted.

"But it makes sense," said Luna. "I can never forgive myself for how much Equestria suffered because of me! And even now it seems I have not learned my lesson, for now I have only made you suffer more!"

"But that means you might just be the key to stopping all this!" exclaimed Twilight.

As they were talking, Cyrax got up from where he was and he began climbing up a mountain to get close to the Tantabus.

Then Neo said to Luna, "Luna, the Tantabus is feeding off of your guilt. The only way you can stop it from getting stronger is you have to forgive yourself and let go of your guilt."

"How can I forgive myself?" asked Luna. "I am no better now than I was then. And now, Hellraiser's creature is about to turn the world into a living nightmare!"

Neo got as close to Luna as he could, he looked into her eyes and said, "Luna, look at what you're doing! Nightmare Moon would've wanted the Tantabus to turn Equestria into a nightmare! You're doing everything you can to stop it! Don't you see? That proves you're not the same pony you were then! Everypony who knows you knows that Nightmare Moon is in the past! We all trust you, Luna! Do you trust us enough to believe we're right?"

Then Cyrax reached the top of the mountain and and saw that the Tantabus was about to go through the portal to get into real life in Equestria.

Princess Luna looked down deep into her heart, "I trust you all."

Then the Tantabus looked back and growled in surprise.

"I forgive myself," said Luna. "I won't let anypony suffer anymore."

Freddy Kruegar saw what was going on.

"No, this can't be, she's mine!" shouted Hellraiser.

But now the Tantabus was weak and was getting weaker by the second.

Princess Luna smiled at Neo and the mane 6 and said, "Thank you. Thank you all, especially you Neo."

Then Cyrax initiated his self destruct mode. He began counting down and waiting to self destruct, the Tantabus looked at Cyrax with a terrified look. Then Cyrax blew up, causing a massive explosion. The Tantabus screamed in terror as the explosion set it on fire and it blew up as well.

Cyrax's self destruct was so massive, it closed the portal to the real world in Equestria, but didn't damage any of Ponyville.

Princess Luna, Neo and the ponies saw the explosion. They just stared in amazement at what just happened.

After they both exploded, a voice said, "Cyrax wins. Fatality."

The word fatality appeared in the sky in blood and blood dripped from the letters.

When the smoke from the explosion cleared, some smoke from the Tantabus came around. At first, the mane 6 thought it was coming back.

But then Freddy Kruegar appeared and said, "Oh no you don't."

Freddy pointed his knives at the Tantabus and Freddy said, "You're mine now."

Freddy sucked the Tantabus into himself before it could escape from the dream world. Princess Luna was surprised that Freddy took the Tantabus in himself.

Then Freddy said to Neo, "Not to worry anymore, this creature will never infect dreams again. I'll see you around."

Then Freddy disappeared somewhere in the dream.

Princess Luna, Neo and the ponies were so happy that it was all over, Neo sang a song in honor of the victory ("The Dream Warriors" by Dokken).

As Neo sang his song, the Mortal Kombat warriors danced along to his song. The mane 6 danced along to the song as well while Princess Luna just enjoyed the song and dances.

When Neo finished the song, the dream ended and the ponies woke up in their beds.

A rooster crow was heard as the ponies woke up to a bright and sunny day.

Twilight smiled and said, "We did it, and so did Luna."

"I'm not sure I understand what just happened," said Applejack.

"Like Neo said," said Twilight. "Hellraiser created the Tantabus to haunt Luna's dreams and make her feel guilty about the evil she caused as Nightmare Moon, and the more guilty she felt, the stronger it became. But once she finally forgave herself for what Nightmare Moon did, that is what defeated the Tantabus."

Twilight looked beside her and saw that Neo was still sleeping. At first Twilight was going to wake him up, but then Spike told her not to and he pointed at the floor.

Princess Luna was asleep on the floor, then Twilight figured it out.

"I wonder what she is dreaming about," said Spike.

Twilight looked at Luna and then she looked at Neo who were both asleep at the same time, she giggled to herself and said, "I think I can imagine."

In a dream, Neo was in a beautiful place surrounded with colorful flowers and a waterfall. Neo stopped and looked at everything around him, then he heard a beautiful feminine voice from behind him say, "Hello Neo."

Neo looked behind him and he saw Princess Luna smiling at him, her mane was waving like a flag and she looked ever so beautiful.

Neo was so happy to see her, he gave her a hug and said, "Oh Luna, you truly are a wonderful princess. You are nothing like Nightmare Moon, and you were the one who stopped the Tantabus. This was your victory."

Luna blushed, giggled and said, "Thank you my love, you are very sweet. And yes, I stopped the Tantabus. But I couldn't have stopped it without you and your friends. You helped me forgive myself for becoming Nightmare Moon and I have let it all go. For that, I can't thank you enough and I'll always be grateful to you. Thank you so much for helping me forgive myself."

Then they both shared a big hug, then Luna said, "Neo would you like to kiss me?"

"You mean on the lips?" asked Neo.

"Yes, do you love me enough to do so?"

"Of course I love you. I love you more than anything, but it's not natural for a human to kiss a pony on the lips."

Luna giggled and said, "I know. In the real world, that is true. But this is a dream, it won't be like real life. It will feel very different here."

"Maybe you're right."

"Well go on now then. I am ready."

Luna smooched her lips and waited for Neo to kiss her. Neo was nervous, but he slowly moved his face close to Luna.

As soon as he looked deep into her beautiful eyes, Neo kissed Luna's lips, and even though they were pony lips, it felt wonderful.

Neo kissed Luna's lips for over 10 seconds, letting the warm feeling of her love soar through him. As they kissed, a song played in the dream ("In My Dreams" by Dokken).

Neo and Luna didn't even react to the song, they just kept kissing romantically on the lips. And despite the fact that Neo was kissing a pony on the lips, it was the most wonderful thing he ever felt. This was a dream and he was kissing the pony princess he loved so much with all his heart.

Over in the distance, Freddy Kruegar was watching Neo and Luna.

As he watched them kiss, Freddy said, "Way to go kid, you finally found true love. Congratulations. I'll see you in your dreams."

Then Freddy turned around and disappeared.

And so Neo and Luna sat down together by the waterfall and enjoyed their romantic time together in the rest of the dream.

The dream was so wonderful, Neo didn't want to wake up, but Luna told him that they were going to wake up sooner or later. Neo understood, so he just decided to let the dream last as long as it can.

As Neo and Luna sat together, Luna wrapped her wing around him. Neo looked over at Luna and she winked at him.

Then Neo sat close to her and he could feel Luna's mane touching him and it felt like a soft blanket.

As they sat together, Luna looked at Neo and said, "Oh Neo, I love you so much. You're my man and someday, I'm gonna marry you. We'll be so happy together."

And so Neo and Luna sat there together by the waterfall for the rest of the dream.

Off in the dimension of pain and suffering, Hellraiser was pissed off that his plan failed.

"This isn't over," he said angrily. "One day Equestria will be mine and I'll unleash a hell over it that they'll never forget. They're suffering will be legendary, even in hell."

The End.