1 00:00:08,832 --> 00:00:11,237 Greetings, Tantabus. I am ready. 2 00:00:11,540 --> 00:00:12,912 Do your worst. 3 00:00:19,957 --> 00:00:22,928 Princess Luna's turning into Nightmare Moon...again! 4 00:00:30,176 --> 00:00:32,597 Yeah? Well, we've got the cure for that! 5 00:00:51,824 --> 00:00:54,720 Wait! What is it doing? 6 00:00:57,013 --> 00:00:59,413 NO! It's gone! 7 00:01:08,922 --> 00:01:09,630 What? 8 00:01:09,973 --> 00:01:12,230 My dream ended happily? 9 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,725 That cannot happen! 10 00:01:20,114 --> 00:01:21,847 Regular by YayPonies We have muffins! http://yayponies.eu/ 11 00:01:52,533 --> 00:01:54,880 Ooh! This is amazing! 12 00:01:56,453 --> 00:01:59,386 Yeah, Rarity, thanks for setting all this up. 13 00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:03,333 A grooming day for our pets really was a great idea. 14 00:02:10,405 --> 00:02:12,930 Oh my! Oh I'm sorry! 15 00:02:13,306 --> 00:02:16,064 I didn't get my normal beauty sleep last night. 16 00:02:17,541 --> 00:02:21,445 You know, I didn't sleep well either. 17 00:02:23,685 --> 00:02:25,616 I'm totally beat, too! 18 00:02:27,429 --> 00:02:30,058 All right, Winona, time fer yer brushin'. 19 00:02:37,296 --> 00:02:40,790 Whoops. I guess I'm too plumb tuckered out to do this right. 20 00:02:43,146 --> 00:02:45,018 I even went to bed early last night. 21 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,994 But then I had a really scary nightmare. 22 00:02:48,394 --> 00:02:49,824 Me too! 23 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:53,300 Uh, only, you know, I didn't think mine was THAT scary. 24 00:02:53,584 --> 00:02:57,034 Well, mine sure was. There was this blue smoke monster and- 25 00:02:59,290 --> 00:02:59,984 What? 26 00:03:00,192 --> 00:03:03,045 I dreamt about a blue smoke thingy too! 27 00:03:03,082 --> 00:03:04,340 Me too! 28 00:03:04,661 --> 00:03:07,480 So what? Probably just a coincidence. 29 00:03:07,706 --> 00:03:10,069 That's an awfully big coincidence. 30 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,645 Huh. I wonder why I didn't have that nightmare. 31 00:03:12,805 --> 00:03:14,037 I slept great! 32 00:03:15,904 --> 00:03:19,830 So then what could have given us all the same nightmare? 33 00:03:20,293 --> 00:03:22,954 I don't know. But I do know who might. 34 00:03:23,093 --> 00:03:25,701 Spike, could you send a scroll to Princess Luna? 35 00:03:25,968 --> 00:03:26,500 Sure. 36 00:03:27,738 --> 00:03:28,458 All set! 37 00:03:28,810 --> 00:03:32,581 Dear Princess Luna. Last night, my friends and I all dreamt 38 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,629 of a creature made of blue smoke. 39 00:03:35,349 --> 00:03:37,264 I'm sure you're very busy, but 40 00:03:39,034 --> 00:03:40,448 when you have the chance, 41 00:03:40,725 --> 00:03:43,664 please let me know if you have any idea what it could mean. 42 00:03:43,978 --> 00:03:48,154 Yours, Princess Twilight Sparkle. 43 00:03:48,245 --> 00:03:49,738 You can leave out the yawns. 44 00:03:57,216 --> 00:03:59,818 Which of you saw the creature of blue smoke in your nightmare? 45 00:04:00,144 --> 00:04:02,272 Wow! That was fast! 46 00:04:02,608 --> 00:04:03,440 We all did. 47 00:04:03,674 --> 00:04:05,098 Not me! 48 00:04:05,344 --> 00:04:07,226 Ugh! We know! 49 00:04:07,317 --> 00:04:10,101 So you've encountered the smoke monster, too? 50 00:04:10,405 --> 00:04:12,746 The Tantubus is a creature of my nightmares! 51 00:04:13,045 --> 00:04:15,077 It escaped from my slumbers yesterday. 52 00:04:15,642 --> 00:04:18,192 But, how did it get into ours? 53 00:04:18,597 --> 00:04:20,450 The Tantabus is like a parasite. 54 00:04:20,789 --> 00:04:22,864 My dreams must no longer be enough for it. 55 00:04:23,253 --> 00:04:25,397 Now it seeks others to infect and corrupt. 56 00:04:25,877 --> 00:04:28,630 It must have learned of you six from seeing you in my dream. 57 00:04:29,077 --> 00:04:31,680 Whoa whoa whoa! So what you're saying is... 58 00:04:32,154 --> 00:04:35,056 You dreamt about all of them and not me? 59 00:04:36,943 --> 00:04:40,312 So Smokey gave us bad dreams. No biggie. 60 00:04:41,488 --> 00:04:44,048 I saw that the Tantabus had grown more powerful, 61 00:04:44,314 --> 00:04:47,002 but I did not realize that power was enough to enable it 62 00:04:47,029 --> 00:04:48,213 to escape my dreams. 63 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,504 If its power grows, it could very well 64 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,637 find a way to escape into the real world. 65 00:04:53,882 --> 00:04:57,248 It could turn all of Equestria into a living nightmare! 66 00:05:00,992 --> 00:05:05,962 OK, OK, OK! I take it back. That does sound bad! Really bad! 67 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:10,661 We've prepared everything 68 00:05:10,688 --> 00:05:12,042 exactly as you requested. 69 00:05:13,162 --> 00:05:16,816 Good. As you six slumber here, I will pursue the creature 70 00:05:16,837 --> 00:05:18,880 into whichever of your dreams it infests. 71 00:05:19,194 --> 00:05:22,005 Ooh! It'll be like a princess sleepover! 72 00:05:22,656 --> 00:05:25,893 Speaking of Princesses, aren't you going to ask Celestia 73 00:05:25,904 --> 00:05:26,912 for her help as well? 74 00:05:27,386 --> 00:05:28,990 There is nothing my sister can do. 75 00:05:29,312 --> 00:05:31,386 She has no power in the realm of sleep. 76 00:05:31,744 --> 00:05:33,760 Only I can move from dream to dream. 77 00:05:34,042 --> 00:05:36,430 I am afraid no pony can help me tonight. 78 00:05:36,650 --> 00:05:37,509 Even us? 79 00:05:37,994 --> 00:05:39,050 Especially you. 80 00:05:39,706 --> 00:05:41,920 You have all suffered so much because of me. 81 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:43,488 You need only slumber 82 00:05:43,514 --> 00:05:45,510 while I hunt the Tantabus in your dreams. 83 00:05:47,445 --> 00:05:50,405 I know you said no pony can help, but I'm no pony. 84 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,765 I'm going to stay up and watch over you guys just in case. 85 00:05:55,290 --> 00:05:57,285 Oh, thank you, Spike. 86 00:05:57,749 --> 00:06:00,933 One good thing about not sleeping well last night: 87 00:06:01,296 --> 00:06:03,424 shouldn't be too hard to fall asleep now! 88 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:05,813 Are you kidding? This is so exciting, 89 00:06:05,946 --> 00:06:07,146 I don't know how I'm ever going to - 90 00:06:42,938 --> 00:06:46,400 Oh my! This is simply divine! 91 00:06:49,002 --> 00:06:50,314 How avant-garde! 92 00:06:57,016 --> 00:07:00,018 Forget avant-garde. I should have said, "en-garde!" 93 00:07:05,365 --> 00:07:06,128 It is here! 94 00:07:13,477 --> 00:07:15,664 You were such a pretty little chiffon! 95 00:07:16,709 --> 00:07:19,189 What kind of monster would do this? 96 00:07:19,616 --> 00:07:20,670 The Tantabus. 97 00:07:20,901 --> 00:07:22,298 Then let's stop it! 98 00:07:22,458 --> 00:07:26,618 No! Please! I don't want you to suffer any more because of me. 99 00:07:27,813 --> 00:07:28,618 I will catch it! 100 00:07:39,328 --> 00:07:40,784 It has jumped into another dream! 101 00:07:41,061 --> 00:07:42,640 I am sorry, but if I am to stop it, 102 00:07:42,661 --> 00:07:44,352 I must follow it where you cannot. 103 00:07:44,465 --> 00:07:45,130 Go! 104 00:07:46,672 --> 00:07:48,700 I shall be able to handle things here! 105 00:07:49,989 --> 00:07:50,760 I hope. 106 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:53,274 ♪ La la la la ! ♪ 107 00:07:56,304 --> 00:07:57,800 ♪ La la la la la! ♪ 108 00:07:57,968 --> 00:08:01,034 I followed the Tantabus here. Now I need only find-- 109 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,416 Sorry! Can't help it. An idea pops into my head and-- 110 00:08:05,045 --> 00:08:07,205 Oooh! Cake! 111 00:08:15,578 --> 00:08:16,992 Eww! Cake! 112 00:08:27,072 --> 00:08:27,701 No! 113 00:08:27,989 --> 00:08:28,656 Sorry! 114 00:08:31,349 --> 00:08:33,557 Who wants ice cream? 115 00:08:37,370 --> 00:08:40,869 Hmmm. It's so nice to be the pet for once. 116 00:08:49,226 --> 00:08:53,190 N-n-nice, giant, evil Angel? 117 00:08:56,538 --> 00:08:59,210 Whew! Oh, thank you, Princess! 118 00:09:09,504 --> 00:09:12,710 Now, this is what I call an incredible dream! 119 00:09:39,541 --> 00:09:41,930 I can see the Tantabus has already turned your slumbers 120 00:09:41,936 --> 00:09:42,810 into a nightmare! 121 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,512 What are you talking about? 122 00:09:44,848 --> 00:09:46,480 This is my favorite dream! 123 00:09:51,733 --> 00:09:55,893 ♪ We are such happy flowers! ♪ 124 00:09:56,176 --> 00:10:00,213 ♪ We will now sing for hours! ♪ 125 00:10:00,608 --> 00:10:04,130 ♪ Aren't we unbearably cute? ♪ 126 00:10:04,490 --> 00:10:08,805 ♪ Watch me solo on jazz flute! ♪ 127 00:10:27,168 --> 00:10:27,744 Huh? 128 00:10:38,496 --> 00:10:39,184 Luna! 129 00:10:50,368 --> 00:10:52,202 What happened? Are you guys OK? 130 00:10:52,533 --> 00:10:54,714 That...that was terrible! 131 00:10:55,034 --> 00:10:58,234 I...I never want to have that nightmare again! 132 00:10:59,493 --> 00:11:00,634 Me either! 133 00:11:02,304 --> 00:11:04,672 But Luna caught it? Didn't she? 134 00:11:05,088 --> 00:11:07,781 I am so sorry, my friends. I failed. 135 00:11:09,125 --> 00:11:12,112 It will be back to infect your dreams the next time you sleep. 136 00:11:12,997 --> 00:11:14,298 Oh, no! 137 00:11:15,514 --> 00:11:17,765 Yeah, I reckon I could live without seeing 138 00:11:17,781 --> 00:11:19,440 that thing ever again. 139 00:11:19,824 --> 00:11:23,008 But you will. Again and again. Every night. 140 00:11:23,130 --> 00:11:26,096 Until it grows powerful enough to infect the waking world! 141 00:11:26,608 --> 00:11:28,565 After what I did as Nightmare Moon, 142 00:11:29,002 --> 00:11:31,920 the fact that I am once again responsible for harming others 143 00:11:32,026 --> 00:11:33,472 is more than I can bear. 144 00:11:33,850 --> 00:11:36,805 It'll be OK. Everypony makes mistakes. 145 00:11:37,386 --> 00:11:39,637 As long as none of you dreamt about another pony, 146 00:11:39,952 --> 00:11:42,160 the Tantabus remains confined to your dreams. 147 00:11:42,448 --> 00:11:44,900 I still have a chance to catch it before it's too late! 148 00:11:45,098 --> 00:11:46,837 Whew! That's good to hear. 149 00:11:47,349 --> 00:11:48,928 Although after you left, I did happen to dream 150 00:11:48,930 --> 00:11:50,869 I was eating a giant ice cream cone with all of Ponyville 151 00:11:50,874 --> 00:11:52,440 while taking a test we hadn't studied for. 152 00:11:52,592 --> 00:11:56,240 See, what did I tell ya? Everypony makes mistakes! 153 00:12:02,037 --> 00:12:04,757 But that means the Tantabus could be turning every dream 154 00:12:04,768 --> 00:12:06,420 in Ponyville into a nightmare! 155 00:12:06,794 --> 00:12:07,989 It is far worse than that. 156 00:12:08,229 --> 00:12:11,242 Infecting all those dreams gives it more and more power. 157 00:12:11,621 --> 00:12:13,893 Soon it will be able to escape into the real world 158 00:12:13,914 --> 00:12:16,130 and infect Equestria with its nightmare plague! 159 00:12:16,464 --> 00:12:19,270 Then you must let us help you stop it before that happens! 160 00:12:19,616 --> 00:12:22,666 But how? The Tantabus was able to escape Luna 161 00:12:22,682 --> 00:12:25,040 when it only had SIX dreams it could get to. 162 00:12:25,322 --> 00:12:28,165 It is true. With so many dreams to hide in, 163 00:12:28,474 --> 00:12:30,325 I do not know how I can catch it. 164 00:12:30,805 --> 00:12:34,960 Hmmm. What if everypony in Ponyville were having one dream? 165 00:12:36,197 --> 00:12:39,066 I can create shared dreams, yes. 166 00:12:39,573 --> 00:12:41,333 But for so many ponies at once? 167 00:12:41,781 --> 00:12:43,413 I have never done anything like that. 168 00:12:43,909 --> 00:12:45,578 The amount of power it would take... 169 00:12:46,101 --> 00:12:49,221 Well, it is worth a try. Isn't it? 170 00:12:49,696 --> 00:12:52,130 Of course. I will do ing to end this. 171 00:12:52,448 --> 00:12:53,877 Including accept your help. 172 00:12:54,282 --> 00:12:56,981 I cannot allow the Tantabus to escape into the real world. 173 00:12:57,482 --> 00:12:59,402 All of you must now go back to sleep. 174 00:13:00,096 --> 00:13:02,874 And hope that I can create such a dream... 175 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:36,840 Meow? 176 00:13:50,976 --> 00:13:54,474 Big Mac! Boy, I'm glad to see something familiar! 177 00:13:57,717 --> 00:13:58,746 Eeyup. 178 00:13:59,642 --> 00:14:00,666 Ponies! 179 00:14:01,829 --> 00:14:03,530 Princess Luna! 180 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,940 There is no time for bowing, my friends. 181 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,540 There is something coming! Something terrible. 182 00:14:10,325 --> 00:14:12,580 No! It is already here! 183 00:14:17,722 --> 00:14:23,258 I am so sorry. I brought this upon you. But I will end it now! 184 00:14:31,189 --> 00:14:32,630 Princess! What's wrong? 185 00:14:33,866 --> 00:14:36,112 It is taking all my strength 186 00:14:36,181 --> 00:14:38,218 just to hold this massive dream together! 187 00:14:38,624 --> 00:14:39,930 You will have to stop it! 188 00:14:40,352 --> 00:14:43,173 I truly wish I did not have to ask this of you. 189 00:14:44,746 --> 00:14:45,936 Then you're in luck. 190 00:14:46,117 --> 00:14:47,978 Yeah! We're already on it! 191 00:15:06,416 --> 00:15:09,130 Please, I'll pay you anything! 192 00:15:11,381 --> 00:15:12,549 Ya-wah! 193 00:15:14,234 --> 00:15:15,008 I got ya! 194 00:15:35,733 --> 00:15:36,464 Oh, no! 195 00:15:37,765 --> 00:15:41,733 Big Mac! You can do anything in a dream, remember? 196 00:15:55,754 --> 00:15:58,350 E-wheeeeeee. 197 00:16:00,832 --> 00:16:03,450 C'mon! If that Tantabus thing turns any more 198 00:16:03,461 --> 00:16:04,608 of this dream against us, 199 00:16:04,906 --> 00:16:07,190 we'll be too busy saving ponies to catch it 200 00:16:07,408 --> 00:16:10,976 and it'll grow powerful enough to escape into the real world! 201 00:16:12,592 --> 00:16:14,869 How are we even gonna know when it's able to escape? 202 00:16:20,826 --> 00:16:22,741 Oh, I think we'll know. 203 00:16:32,613 --> 00:16:33,909 Hurry, my friends! 204 00:16:39,189 --> 00:16:39,770 What the--? 205 00:16:40,690 --> 00:16:43,322 Please! We need your help, too! 206 00:16:47,818 --> 00:16:50,394 Fluttershy's right! We've all got to work together 207 00:16:50,421 --> 00:16:51,968 to stop it from escaping! 208 00:16:52,309 --> 00:16:56,176 But how can we help? No pony in Ponyville has your magic. 209 00:16:56,277 --> 00:16:57,780 Or your speed. 210 00:16:58,293 --> 00:16:59,248 That's true! 211 00:16:59,658 --> 00:17:01,301 In Ponyville. 212 00:17:01,664 --> 00:17:04,597 But this here isn't Ponyville! It's a dream! 213 00:17:06,064 --> 00:17:07,018 Eeyup! 214 00:17:07,322 --> 00:17:10,060 And not just any. This is YOUR dream. 215 00:17:10,224 --> 00:17:13,230 Anything you can do in your dreams, you can do now! 216 00:17:17,157 --> 00:17:19,642 Well, if you're gonna dream, might as well dream big, right? 217 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:21,893 He-ya! 218 00:17:22,020 --> 00:17:22,900 MEOW! 219 00:17:59,170 --> 00:18:00,186 It's working! 220 00:18:00,714 --> 00:18:01,898 But it's not enough. 221 00:18:06,874 --> 00:18:09,856 Then do more! This is a dream, remember? 222 00:18:37,466 --> 00:18:40,058 I cannot hold this dream together much longer. 223 00:18:40,394 --> 00:18:44,010 Equestria will fall because of me! 224 00:18:51,610 --> 00:18:54,992 Am I crazy or did it just get even bigger 225 00:18:55,008 --> 00:18:56,208 after Luna said that? 226 00:18:57,397 --> 00:19:00,197 I think it's feeding off your guilt, Princess Luna! 227 00:19:00,538 --> 00:19:04,245 If that is so, then perhaps that is how it grew strong enough 228 00:19:04,298 --> 00:19:05,813 to escape in the first place! 229 00:19:07,232 --> 00:19:08,370 Say what now? 230 00:19:09,973 --> 00:19:11,722 I created the Tantabus 231 00:19:12,277 --> 00:19:14,341 to give myself the same nightmare every night. 232 00:19:15,946 --> 00:19:19,408 To punish myself for the evil I caused as Nightmare Moon. 233 00:19:20,010 --> 00:19:22,320 But why would you do that? 234 00:19:22,592 --> 00:19:25,290 To make sure I never forgave myself 235 00:19:25,557 --> 00:19:27,898 for how much Equestria suffered because of me. 236 00:19:28,410 --> 00:19:30,272 But it seems I have not learned my lesson, 237 00:19:30,773 --> 00:19:33,237 for now I have only made you suffer more! 238 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,042 But that means you might just be the key to stopping all this! 239 00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:43,002 Yeah! If it gets strong because you feel bad 240 00:19:43,024 --> 00:19:45,024 about what you did as Nightmare Moon, 241 00:19:45,354 --> 00:19:48,506 then you just gotta stop feeling bad for what you did! 242 00:19:48,949 --> 00:19:52,976 How can I forgive myself? I am no better now than I was then! 243 00:19:53,354 --> 00:19:57,936 My creation is about to turn the world into a living nightmare! 244 00:19:58,432 --> 00:20:00,181 But look at what YOU'RE doing! 245 00:20:00,341 --> 00:20:02,298 Nightmare Moon would have wanted the Tantabus 246 00:20:02,346 --> 00:20:04,474 to turn Equestria into a nightmare. 247 00:20:04,842 --> 00:20:07,088 You're doing everything you can to stop it! 248 00:20:07,344 --> 00:20:08,512 Don't you see? 249 00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:11,413 That proves you're not the same pony you were then! 250 00:20:11,856 --> 00:20:14,106 Everypony who knows you knows that Nightmare Moon 251 00:20:14,117 --> 00:20:15,240 is in the past. 252 00:20:15,392 --> 00:20:17,310 We all trust you, Luna. 253 00:20:17,536 --> 00:20:20,138 Do you trust us enough to believe we're right? 254 00:20:24,992 --> 00:20:26,450 I do! 255 00:20:43,210 --> 00:20:46,176 Thank you. Thank you all! 256 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:54,784 Luna did it! 257 00:20:56,992 --> 00:21:01,620 She sure did! Only, I'm not exactly sure WHAT she did. 258 00:21:01,978 --> 00:21:04,460 Luna created the Tantabus to punish herself. 259 00:21:04,736 --> 00:21:07,248 The worse she felt, the more power it had. 260 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,541 But once she finally forgave herself 261 00:21:09,557 --> 00:21:10,800 for what Nightmare Moon did... 262 00:21:11,173 --> 00:21:11,700 Poof! 263 00:21:11,973 --> 00:21:12,608 Shhh! 264 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:17,341 Huh. Wonder what she's dreaming about now?