1 00:00:07,738 --> 00:00:10,491 Greetings, Tantabus. I am ready. 2 00:00:10,491 --> 00:00:12,159 Do your worst. 3 00:00:18,832 --> 00:00:22,044 Princess Luna's turning into Nightmare Moon again! 4 00:00:29,009 --> 00:00:32,137 Yeah? Well, we've got the cure for that! 5 00:00:50,739 --> 00:00:51,490 Wait! 6 00:00:52,616 --> 00:00:54,076 What is it doing?! 7 00:00:55,995 --> 00:00:56,870 No! 8 00:00:56,870 --> 00:00:58,872 It's gone! 9 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,217 What? My dream ended... 10 00:01:10,217 --> 00:01:11,302 happily? 11 00:01:11,468 --> 00:01:12,219 That. 12 00:01:12,219 --> 00:01:12,970 Cannot. 13 00:01:12,970 --> 00:01:14,972 Happen! 14 00:01:51,383 --> 00:01:54,136 Ooh, this is amazing! 15 00:01:55,429 --> 00:01:56,680 Yeah, Rarity. 16 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,682 Thanks for setting all this up. 17 00:01:58,974 --> 00:02:02,811 A grooming day for our pets really was a great idea. 18 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,196 Oh, my! Oh, I'm sorry. 19 00:02:12,196 --> 00:02:15,574 I didn't get my normal beauty sleep last night... 20 00:02:16,408 --> 00:02:20,621 You know... I didn't sleep well either. 21 00:02:22,706 --> 00:02:24,875 I'm totally beat too! 22 00:02:26,418 --> 00:02:29,380 All right, Winona. Time for your brushin'. 23 00:02:36,220 --> 00:02:40,265 Oops. I guess I'm too plum tuckered out to do this right. 24 00:02:42,101 --> 00:02:44,311 I even went to bed early last night... 25 00:02:44,311 --> 00:02:47,272 but then I had a really scary nightmare. 26 00:02:47,272 --> 00:02:49,274 Me too! 27 00:02:49,274 --> 00:02:52,486 Uh, only, you know, I didn't think mine was that scary! 28 00:02:52,486 --> 00:02:53,904 Well, mine sure was. 29 00:02:53,904 --> 00:02:57,157 There was this blue smoke monster and... 30 00:02:58,283 --> 00:02:58,992 what? 31 00:02:58,992 --> 00:03:02,079 I dreamt about a blue smoke thingy too! 32 00:03:02,079 --> 00:03:03,539 Me too! 33 00:03:03,539 --> 00:03:06,625 So what? Probably just a coincidence. 34 00:03:06,625 --> 00:03:09,128 That's an awfully big coincidence. 35 00:03:09,128 --> 00:03:11,839 Huh. I wonder why I didn't have that nightmare. 36 00:03:11,839 --> 00:03:13,257 I slept great! 37 00:03:14,967 --> 00:03:19,054 So then, what could've given us all the same nightmare? 38 00:03:19,263 --> 00:03:22,141 I don't know, but I do know who might. 39 00:03:22,141 --> 00:03:24,893 Spike, could you send a scroll to Princess Luna? 40 00:03:24,893 --> 00:03:27,688 Sure! All set! 41 00:03:27,688 --> 00:03:30,691 Dear Princess Luna, last night my friends 42 00:03:30,691 --> 00:03:33,944 and I all dreamt of a creature made of blue smoke. 43 00:03:34,236 --> 00:03:39,700 I'm sure you're very busy, but when you have the chance, 44 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:42,786 please let me know if you have any idea what it could mean. 45 00:03:42,786 --> 00:03:47,124 Yours, Princess Twilight Sparkle. 46 00:03:47,124 --> 00:03:49,126 You can leave out the yawns. 47 00:03:56,091 --> 00:03:59,052 Which of you saw the creature of blue smoke in your nightmare?! 48 00:03:59,052 --> 00:04:01,305 Wow. That was fast. 49 00:04:01,305 --> 00:04:02,514 We all did. 50 00:04:02,681 --> 00:04:04,224 Not me! 51 00:04:04,224 --> 00:04:06,226 Ugh, we know! 52 00:04:06,226 --> 00:04:09,313 So you've encountered the smoke monster too? 53 00:04:09,313 --> 00:04:11,940 The Tantabus is a creature of my nightmares. 54 00:04:11,940 --> 00:04:14,443 It escaped from my slumbers yesterday. 55 00:04:14,443 --> 00:04:17,321 But how did it get into ours? 56 00:04:17,404 --> 00:04:19,656 The Tantabus is like a parasite. 57 00:04:19,656 --> 00:04:22,242 My dreams must no longer be enough for it. 58 00:04:22,242 --> 00:04:24,620 Now it seeks others to infect and corrupt. 59 00:04:24,620 --> 00:04:27,956 It must have learned of you six from seeing you in my dream. 60 00:04:27,956 --> 00:04:30,959 Whoa-whoa-whoa. So what you're saying is... 61 00:04:31,210 --> 00:04:34,421 you dreamt about all of them, and not me? 62 00:04:35,923 --> 00:04:38,634 Uh, so Smokey gave us bad dreams. 63 00:04:38,634 --> 00:04:39,635 No biggie. 64 00:04:40,385 --> 00:04:43,180 I saw that the Tantabus had grown more powerful, 65 00:04:43,180 --> 00:04:45,390 but I did not realize that power was enough 66 00:04:45,390 --> 00:04:47,768 to enable it to escape my dreams. 67 00:04:48,185 --> 00:04:49,603 If its power grows, 68 00:04:49,603 --> 00:04:52,648 it could very well find a way to escape into the real world. 69 00:04:52,648 --> 00:04:56,652 It could turn all of Equestria into a living nightmare! 70 00:04:59,905 --> 00:05:01,698 Okay, okay, okay, I take it back! 71 00:05:01,698 --> 00:05:03,075 That does sound bad! 72 00:05:03,075 --> 00:05:05,619 Really bad! 73 00:05:08,539 --> 00:05:11,416 We've prepared everything exactly as you requested. 74 00:05:12,209 --> 00:05:14,753 Good. As you six slumber here, 75 00:05:14,753 --> 00:05:18,090 I will pursue the creature into whichever of your dreams it infests. 76 00:05:18,340 --> 00:05:21,468 Ooh! It'll be like a princess sleepover! 77 00:05:21,718 --> 00:05:23,387 Speaking of princesses, 78 00:05:23,387 --> 00:05:26,431 aren't you gonna ask Celestia for her help as well? 79 00:05:26,431 --> 00:05:28,225 There is nothing my sister can do. 80 00:05:28,225 --> 00:05:30,852 She has no power in the realm of sleep. 81 00:05:30,852 --> 00:05:33,021 Only I can move from dream to dream. 82 00:05:33,021 --> 00:05:35,732 I am afraid nopony can help me tonight. 83 00:05:35,732 --> 00:05:36,900 Even us? 84 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:41,405 Especially you. You have all suffered so much because of me. 85 00:05:41,405 --> 00:05:45,284 You need only slumber while I hunt the Tantabus in your dreams. 86 00:05:46,535 --> 00:05:49,913 I know you said nopony can help, but I'm no pony! 87 00:05:49,913 --> 00:05:53,584 I'm gonna stay up and watch over you guys just in case! 88 00:05:54,376 --> 00:05:56,587 Aw, thank you, Spike! 89 00:05:56,879 --> 00:06:00,007 One good thing about not sleepin' well last night – 90 00:06:00,007 --> 00:06:02,634 shouldn't be too hard to fall asleep now. 91 00:06:02,634 --> 00:06:04,970 Are you kidding?! This is so exciting, 92 00:06:04,970 --> 00:06:06,972 I don't know how I'm ever going to— 93 00:06:42,049 --> 00:06:45,969 Oh, my! This is simply divine! 94 00:06:48,013 --> 00:06:49,640 How avant garde! 95 00:06:56,021 --> 00:06:59,524 Forget avant garde! I should have said en garde! 96 00:07:04,446 --> 00:07:05,405 It is here! 97 00:07:12,537 --> 00:07:15,123 It was such a pretty little chiffon...! 98 00:07:15,207 --> 00:07:18,627 What kind of monster would do this?! 99 00:07:18,627 --> 00:07:19,920 The Tantabus. 100 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:21,588 Then let's stop it! 101 00:07:21,588 --> 00:07:26,176 No, please! I don't want you to suffer anymore because of me. 102 00:07:26,843 --> 00:07:28,178 I will catch it. 103 00:07:38,397 --> 00:07:40,065 It has jumped into another dream! 104 00:07:40,190 --> 00:07:41,775 I am sorry, but if I am to stop it, 105 00:07:41,775 --> 00:07:43,694 I must follow it where you cannot. 106 00:07:43,694 --> 00:07:47,989 Go! I should be able to handle things here. 107 00:07:49,074 --> 00:07:50,575 I hope...! 108 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:58,792 I followed the Tantabus here. 109 00:07:58,792 --> 00:08:00,794 Now I need only find— 110 00:08:00,794 --> 00:08:02,045 Sorry, can't help it! 111 00:08:02,045 --> 00:08:06,758 An idea pops into my head, it—Ooh, cake! 112 00:08:14,683 --> 00:08:16,601 Ew, cake! 113 00:08:26,194 --> 00:08:27,112 No! 114 00:08:27,112 --> 00:08:27,863 Sorry! 115 00:08:30,449 --> 00:08:32,993 Who wants ice cream?! 116 00:08:36,496 --> 00:08:40,292 Mmm, it's so nice to be the pet for once. 117 00:08:48,008 --> 00:08:50,594 N-n-n-n-nice... giant... 118 00:08:50,594 --> 00:08:52,679 evil Angel...! 119 00:08:55,474 --> 00:08:56,516 Phew! 120 00:08:56,516 --> 00:08:58,769 Oh, thank you, princess! 121 00:09:08,528 --> 00:09:12,324 Now this is what I call an incredible dream. 122 00:09:38,558 --> 00:09:40,560 I can see the Tantabus has already turned 123 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:42,145 your slumbers into a nightmare! 124 00:09:42,145 --> 00:09:43,855 What are you talking about? 125 00:09:43,855 --> 00:09:46,650 This is my favorite dream! 126 00:09:51,029 --> 00:09:55,242 We are such happy flowers 127 00:09:55,242 --> 00:09:59,704 We will now sing for hours 128 00:09:59,704 --> 00:10:03,542 Aren't we unbearably cute? 129 00:10:03,542 --> 00:10:08,588 Watch me solo on this flute 130 00:10:26,231 --> 00:10:26,857 Huh? 131 00:10:37,492 --> 00:10:38,702 Luna! 132 00:10:49,462 --> 00:10:51,506 What happened? Are you guys okay? 133 00:10:51,506 --> 00:10:54,134 That... that was terrible! 134 00:10:54,134 --> 00:10:57,846 I-I never want to have that nightmare again! 135 00:10:58,555 --> 00:11:00,390 Me either! 136 00:11:01,349 --> 00:11:03,977 But Luna caught it, didn't she? 137 00:11:03,977 --> 00:11:05,979 I am so sorry, my friends. 138 00:11:05,979 --> 00:11:07,522 I failed. 139 00:11:08,190 --> 00:11:11,693 It will be back to infect your dreams the next time you sleep. 140 00:11:12,068 --> 00:11:13,904 Oh, no! 141 00:11:14,613 --> 00:11:15,363 Yeah. 142 00:11:15,363 --> 00:11:18,825 I reckon I could live without seeing that thing ever again. 143 00:11:18,825 --> 00:11:22,245 But you will. Again and again, every night, 144 00:11:22,245 --> 00:11:25,498 until it grows powerful enough to infect the waking world! 145 00:11:25,707 --> 00:11:28,001 After what I did as Nightmare Moon, 146 00:11:28,001 --> 00:11:29,961 the fact that I am once again responsible 147 00:11:29,961 --> 00:11:32,839 for harming others is more than I can bear. 148 00:11:32,839 --> 00:11:36,176 It'll be okay! Everypony makes mistakes! 149 00:11:36,468 --> 00:11:39,095 As long as none of you dreamt about another pony, 150 00:11:39,095 --> 00:11:41,431 the Tantabus remains confined to your dreams. 151 00:11:41,431 --> 00:11:44,267 I still have a chance to catch it before it's too late. 152 00:11:44,267 --> 00:11:46,269 Phew, that's good to hear! 153 00:11:46,269 --> 00:11:47,312 Although after you left, 154 00:11:47,312 --> 00:11:49,397 I did happen to dream that I was eating a giant ice-cream cone 155 00:11:49,481 --> 00:11:51,816 with all of Ponyville while taking a test we hadn't studied for. 156 00:11:51,816 --> 00:11:53,485 See, what'd I tell ya? 157 00:11:53,485 --> 00:11:55,654 Everypony makes mistakes! 158 00:12:00,951 --> 00:12:03,119 But that means the Tantabus could be turning 159 00:12:03,119 --> 00:12:05,622 every dream in Ponyville into a nightmare! 160 00:12:05,622 --> 00:12:07,082 It is far worse than that. 161 00:12:07,082 --> 00:12:10,377 Infecting all those dreams gives it more and more power. 162 00:12:10,377 --> 00:12:12,837 Soon it will be able to escape into the real world 163 00:12:12,837 --> 00:12:15,340 and infect Equestria with its nightmare plague! 164 00:12:15,340 --> 00:12:18,260 Then you must let us help you stop it before that happens! 165 00:12:18,510 --> 00:12:21,596 But how? The Tantabus was able to escape Luna 166 00:12:21,596 --> 00:12:24,224 when it only had six dreams it could get to! 167 00:12:24,224 --> 00:12:27,352 It is true. With so many dreams to hide in, 168 00:12:27,352 --> 00:12:29,771 I do not know how I can catch it. 169 00:12:29,771 --> 00:12:34,067 Hmm... What if everypony in Ponyville were having one dream? 170 00:12:35,068 --> 00:12:38,113 I... can create shared dreams, yes, 171 00:12:38,571 --> 00:12:40,532 but for so many ponies at once? 172 00:12:40,657 --> 00:12:42,492 I have never done anything like that. 173 00:12:42,826 --> 00:12:44,744 The amount of power it would take... 174 00:12:45,036 --> 00:12:48,456 Well, it is worth a try, isn't it? 175 00:12:48,581 --> 00:12:51,209 Of course. I will do anything to end this, 176 00:12:51,209 --> 00:12:53,128 including accept your help. 177 00:12:53,295 --> 00:12:56,172 I cannot allow the Tantabus to escape into the real world. 178 00:12:56,339 --> 00:12:58,633 All of you must now go back to sleep 179 00:12:58,967 --> 00:13:02,345 and hope that I can create such a dream. 180 00:13:44,137 --> 00:13:45,930 Princess Luna did it! 181 00:13:49,934 --> 00:13:54,022 Big Mac! Boy, I'm glad to see somethin' familiar! 182 00:13:56,566 --> 00:13:58,026 Eeyup. 183 00:13:58,485 --> 00:13:59,611 Ponies! 184 00:14:00,737 --> 00:14:02,655 Princess Luna! 185 00:14:03,531 --> 00:14:05,909 There is no time for bowing, my friends! 186 00:14:05,909 --> 00:14:08,870 There is something coming, something terrible! 187 00:14:09,245 --> 00:14:11,831 No, it is already here! 188 00:14:16,628 --> 00:14:20,131 I am so sorry! I brought this upon you! 189 00:14:20,131 --> 00:14:22,634 But I will end it now! 190 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:31,893 Princess, what's wrong? 191 00:14:32,811 --> 00:14:35,063 It... is taking all my strength 192 00:14:35,063 --> 00:14:37,482 just to hold this massive dream together! 193 00:14:37,482 --> 00:14:39,109 You will have to stop it! 194 00:14:39,109 --> 00:14:42,612 I truly wish I did not have to ask this of you! 195 00:14:43,613 --> 00:14:45,031 Then you're in luck. 196 00:14:45,031 --> 00:14:47,450 Yeah! We're already on it! 197 00:15:05,301 --> 00:15:08,596 Please! I'll pay you anything! 198 00:15:13,143 --> 00:15:14,102 I got you! 199 00:15:34,539 --> 00:15:35,915 Oh, no! 200 00:15:36,624 --> 00:15:40,879 Big Mac! You can do anythin' in a dream, remember? 201 00:15:59,689 --> 00:16:01,900 Come on! If that Tantabus thing turns 202 00:16:01,900 --> 00:16:03,776 any more of this dream against us, 203 00:16:03,776 --> 00:16:06,279 we'll be too busy saving ponies to catch it! 204 00:16:06,279 --> 00:16:10,283 And it'll grow powerful enough to escape into the real world! 205 00:16:11,534 --> 00:16:14,120 How are we even gonna know when it's able to escape? 206 00:16:19,751 --> 00:16:21,961 Oh, I think we'll know. 207 00:16:31,512 --> 00:16:33,056 Hurry, my friends! 208 00:16:38,061 --> 00:16:39,020 What the?! 209 00:16:39,687 --> 00:16:42,649 Please, we need your help too! 210 00:16:46,694 --> 00:16:47,946 Fluttershy's right! 211 00:16:47,946 --> 00:16:50,990 We've all got to work together to stop it from escaping! 212 00:16:51,199 --> 00:16:52,617 But how can we help? 213 00:16:52,617 --> 00:16:56,913 Nopony in Ponyville has your magic or your speed! 214 00:16:57,163 --> 00:17:00,458 That's true... in Ponyville! 215 00:17:00,458 --> 00:17:02,460 But this here isn't Ponyville! 216 00:17:02,460 --> 00:17:03,753 It's a dream! 217 00:17:04,796 --> 00:17:06,214 Eeyup! 218 00:17:06,214 --> 00:17:09,092 And not just any! This is your dream! 219 00:17:09,092 --> 00:17:12,554 Anything you can do in your dreams, you can do now! 220 00:17:16,057 --> 00:17:18,851 Well, if you're gonna dream, might as well dream big, right? 221 00:17:58,141 --> 00:17:59,434 It's working! 222 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,436 But it's not enough! 223 00:18:05,732 --> 00:18:09,152 Then do more! This is a dream, remember? 224 00:18:36,262 --> 00:18:39,307 I cannot hold this dream together much longer! 225 00:18:39,307 --> 00:18:43,227 Equestria will fall because of me! 226 00:18:50,485 --> 00:18:55,782 Am I crazy, or did it just get even bigger after Luna said that? 227 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,369 I think it's feeding off your guilt, Princess Luna! 228 00:18:59,369 --> 00:19:02,038 If that is so, then perhaps that is 229 00:19:02,038 --> 00:19:05,041 how it grew strong enough to escape in the first place! 230 00:19:06,084 --> 00:19:07,502 Say what now?! 231 00:19:08,795 --> 00:19:11,839 I created the Tantabus to give myself 232 00:19:11,839 --> 00:19:13,549 the same nightmare every night... 233 00:19:14,842 --> 00:19:18,638 ...to punish myself for the evil I caused as Nightmare Moon! 234 00:19:18,888 --> 00:19:21,307 But why would you do that?! 235 00:19:21,516 --> 00:19:24,686 To make sure I never forgave myself for 236 00:19:24,686 --> 00:19:27,355 how much Equestria suffered because of me! 237 00:19:27,355 --> 00:19:29,357 But it seems I have not learned my lesson, 238 00:19:29,565 --> 00:19:32,360 for now I have only made you suffer more! 239 00:19:35,697 --> 00:19:38,991 But that means you might just be the key to stopping all this! 240 00:19:38,991 --> 00:19:41,994 Yeah! If it gets strong because you feel bad 241 00:19:41,994 --> 00:19:44,205 about what you did as Nightmare Moon, 242 00:19:44,205 --> 00:19:47,625 then you just gotta stop feeling bad for what you did! 243 00:19:47,792 --> 00:19:49,544 How can I forgive myself? 244 00:19:49,544 --> 00:19:52,296 I am no better now than I was then. 245 00:19:52,296 --> 00:19:57,135 My creation is about to turn the world into a living nightmare! 246 00:19:57,135 --> 00:19:59,220 But look at what you're doing! 247 00:19:59,220 --> 00:20:01,389 Nightmare Moon would've wanted the Tantabus 248 00:20:01,389 --> 00:20:03,558 to turn Equestria into a nightmare! 249 00:20:03,558 --> 00:20:06,227 You're doing everything you can to stop it! 250 00:20:06,227 --> 00:20:07,520 Don't you see? 251 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,565 That proves you're not the same pony you were then! 252 00:20:10,732 --> 00:20:14,277 Everypony who knows you knows that Nightmare Moon is in the past! 253 00:20:14,277 --> 00:20:16,362 We all trust you, Luna! 254 00:20:16,362 --> 00:20:19,198 Do you trust us enough to believe we're right? 255 00:20:23,870 --> 00:20:25,455 ...I do! 256 00:20:41,971 --> 00:20:45,349 Thank you. Thank you all. 257 00:20:52,565 --> 00:20:53,900 Luna did it! 258 00:20:55,943 --> 00:20:58,362 She sure did! Only... 259 00:20:58,362 --> 00:21:00,740 I'm not exactly sure what she did. 260 00:21:00,740 --> 00:21:03,659 Luna created the Tantabus to punish herself! 261 00:21:03,659 --> 00:21:06,496 The worse she felt, the more power it had! 262 00:21:06,496 --> 00:21:09,999 But once she finally forgave herself for what Nightmare Moon did... 263 00:21:09,999 --> 00:21:10,750 Poof! 264 00:21:10,750 --> 00:21:11,793 Shh! 265 00:21:13,711 --> 00:21:16,464 Huh. Wonder what she's dreaming about now. 266 00:21:30,353 --> 00:21:32,355 Subtitles by MLPSubtitles 267 00:21:32,522 --> 00:21:34,524 http://www.mlpsubtitles.com 268 00:21:34,690 --> 00:21:36,692 Transcript: OmegaBowser 269 00:21:36,859 --> 00:21:38,861 Synchronization: OmegaBowser 270 00:21:39,028 --> 00:21:41,030 iTunes Sync.: Retropony 271 00:21:41,197 --> 00:21:43,199 Miscellaneous: GoFish