Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy walk up and reveal that they've all been having nightmares too. Dash reveals that she'd been having nightmares over the past week as well. As Twilight wonders about what's causing the nightmares, a half-asleep Rainbow Dash crashes into her. As she and Spike walk through Ponyville, she looks through her books for a cure, to no avail. Twilight has apparently been suffering from nightmares for an entire week. She screams in horror as shadows reach for her, only to be woken up. The story begins with Twilight Sparkle having a nightmare, galloping away from something through a dilapidated village.
