Later that night in Serena’s new apartment, Serena was trying to get The Memoires Sentiment or Cillen as he asked to be called to tell her about the importance of the locket in her possession.

“Does it really matter to you?” Cillen responded rather dismissively. “I don’t think you could handle the truth of the situation you’ll be putting yourself?”

“Damn it all Cillen!” Serena replied exasperated, “Why won’t you just tell me already?” Cillen just snorted.

“I have my reasons Serena!” He replied, “I don’t want you to get involved in this! It’s took me a thousand years just to find you!” Serena gasped, “And the only reason I could find you is because of that locket!” Cillen shouted, but took a moment to calm down. “That locket…is all that’s left of the memories of who I was.”

“What happened?” She pleaded, “Just tell me please…” A heavy silence reigned throughout the room, as the tension just seemed to pile on them both.

“We both succeeded and failed…and we both paid for it…” Cillen said solemnly, “You were successful in defeating that creature residing in the false moon…and I guess you must of fell into a rift in time and ended up here.” He explained, “I guess it was my doing now that I think about it, considering I erased our home and the Memoria from that moment in time…”

“You said you died a long time ago…” Serena wondered aloud, “…If you don’t mind me asking how did you…” She couldn’t bear to finish the question. Cillen just gave her a look and removed his hood, jacket and shirt.

After removing some of his clothing, his body revealed he was using some sort of mechanical arm as a replacement he had apparently lost, only stopping just below his left shoulder. Serena also noted a large scar over where his heart was which suggested he was impaled. Aside from a few other minor scars on his remaining arm, he seemed perfectly fine.

“I also lost my left leg, so I’m using a false leg in its place.” Cillen explained, “The arm is a weapon called the Betrayal.”

“Then how are you even alive?” Serena asked, “Surely that scar is proof of a fatal wound!” Cillen just laughed bitterly.

“Yeah, having your heart ripped out of you is unpleasant.” Serena just couldn’t believe he would just joke about something like that, “Turns out you can’t kill if there are no memories left of you.” Serena just stared at him confused. “Whenever one of those creatures is killed, if it was someone you knew you would then lose any memory you would have of them.”

“So how come I still have this locket?” Serena asked. Cillen just sighed in response, he knew that there was no way he could avoid answering her question.

“That’s because it isn’t your locket, I gave it to the person it belonged to years before we even met for the first time.” Cillen answered, “It belonged to…someone I cared for, I asked you to keep a hold of it for me.”

“So if this isn’t me or my parents in the picture, just who am I?” Cillen honestly dreaded that question, so he got up and made his way towards the window.

“If you have to know…” Cillen started, “You are the person who sent me to find your sister and stop the Memoria once and for all. The sole reason that people are transforming into ponies left, right and centre is because we altered the False Moon’s frequency it uses to create Memoria.”

“And just how did we do that?” Serena shouted not liking were this answer was going.

“I wish…” Cillen quoted, “For to see the world where all our kind could be safe from these monsters.” The room once again went silent, “That was the wish we both made before we went to face that monstrosity.” A familiar growl emerged from Serena’s mouth, as she slapped Cillen hard across the face. Cillen just laughed at the familiarity in her eyes.

“You’ve got some nerve!” Serena roared, “I’ve had nothing but nightmares of that damned moon, those creatures and you ever since I was a child! Do you know how it feels to be treated like an outcast because of those nightmares and to be alone all this time?” Cillen stopped laughing and gave Serena a cold hard look.

“I know that feeling very well…” Cillen spoke calmly but coldly, “Do you know what it’s like to be searching for the only person in all of time who knows who you are, but can’t tell them how much they mean to you?” Cillen became angrier by the second, “That I can’t even tell them who they really…you know what fuck it!” Cillen swore, “I’ve waited all this time to see you again…Luna.”

Serena stepped back from the shock, grasping her head in discomfort as long suppressed memories came to the surface of her mind.

“W-why are you doing this to me?” Serena pleaded as she winced in pain, “What are you trying to achieve!” Cillen gave her stern look before he answered.

“All I am doing is restoring your memories Luna.” He explained, “You’ll retain all your memories of being Serena, but understand this; you are the princess of the moon and one of the co-rulers of Equestria. This is who you really are, and one way or another you have to become so once again.” The pain subsided in her head as she got up, dazed and muttering various curses under her breath.

“This is not what we had in mind as a grand return home.” Luna spoke, she took one glance towards Cillen and frowned, “And we see we’re graced with thy presence once again…Sentiment.”

“….” Cillen said nothing for a moment, “It was all your idea Luna, I just merely acted on your orders.” Luna return his stern look, and a silence reigned between the two.

“Would thou like to fill us in on what happened to us?” Luna inquired, Cillen just smirked.

“Well apparently for the past 28 years you have been living as a woman called Serena Narcissa with no idea of who you really were.” Cillen explained, “The false moon has made its way to this world, and thanks to our last encounter with it. It has begun to transform the people of this world into those of Equestria.”

“I see…” Luna commented, “Is there any way to reverse this?” Cillen just shook his head no.

“Sadly this process can’t be reversed.” He stated simply, “So your sister and I have come up with a solution, if you’re willing to hear it.” Luna sat back down on the nearby sofa and waited for him to continue.

“Go on.” Luna said simply, “Enlighten us.”

“After you vanished, the Memoria devastated Eques wiping out all life upon the planet until my species came to inhabit the planet. At this current moment in time Equestria is in a state of a population panic, so to remedy this Celestia has decided to bring the remaining population of Eques to Earth and take advantage to the situation here.” Luna just looked at Cillen in a mix of disgust and disbelief.

“Surely our sister would not give her consent to such an act!” Luna exclaimed.

“I showed her what would become of Equestria and its future inhabitants.” Cillen told Luna, “I assure you it wasn’t an easy choice for her to make.”

“And what of the people of this world?!” Luna demanded, “Do you think they want any part of this?!”

“What would you have me do then?!” Cillen shouted back, “It is either this or I destroy this planet myself! Do you honestly think I want to do that?” A look of shock washed over Luna’s face.

“S-surely thou are jesting…” Luna answered back her voice shaking.

“Unfortunately I’m not Luna!” Cillen answered her, “If I can’t stop the Memoria on this world then I have to destroy it as a last resort!” Both of them went silent for a moment, “I’ve destroyed too many worlds to count since I became a Sentiment, and it’s something I do my damn hardest to avoid.”

“…And just what is a Sentiment’s duty?” Luna asked.

“We Sentiments are the guardians of time and reality, we are to eliminate or prevent any threat to that balance.” Cillen explained, “At the present moment there are only eight of us, and each of us are doing our best to ensure this Memoria threat comes to an end.”

“…” Luna just said nothing.

“So that’s the situation…” Antonia replied to her husband’s explanation, “How are we going to explain all this to everyone?” Samuel just gave Antonia a desperate look.

“I honestly don’t know…” Samuel spoke, “To be honest I don’t think we even could explain it, and if we did nothing could stop it. Treating patients physically and mentally is one thing, but when their memoires and reality around them are changing that is just a power we can’t contend with…”

“So what are we going to do then?” Samantha asked, “It’s not like we are going to give up on these people, are we?”

“Of course not!” Samuel replied sternly, “We are doctors, and it is our duty to help them! Inform the other members of staff to continue on with their duties, nothing is to change regarding this problem and we are going to make sure there are going to be no catastrophes because of this.”

Samantha left the room, leaving Samuel and Antonia alone. Antonia gave Samuel a concerned look.

“What are we going to do honey?” Antonia asked, “We can’t just keep them blind to this!”

“I don’t intend to dear…” Samuel sighed, “All we can do now is do our best to minimise the damage.” Samuel had look about him that made him feel his age, he was weary, tired and exhausted with the recent events. “How’s Scott coping?”

“He’s doing fine in the school we set up here, and he enjoys helping the nurses and other doctors out.” Antonia gave Samuel a small warm smile, “He keeps saying he wants to be a doctor like his father, and apparently he is quickly becoming friends with Marcia’s daughter Sunshine.”

Samuel seemed relieved by what Antonia had told him; still he wondered how he would deal with the situation in the days ahead.

“Mommy…Daddy.” Sunshine whispered as she wriggled underneath the bed covers, “Are going to go back home soon?” Shane didn’t give much of a response aside from the occasional snore.

“We’ll be going home in a few more days, sweetie.” I whispered back giving her a quick kiss on her forehead. “I’m sure grandma and grandpa are going to be happy to see you again.”

“Yay!” Sunshine shouted ecstatically.

“Hush…” I whispered, “Keep it down honey; we don’t want to wake daddy up. Now got back to sleep my little Sunshine.”

Sunshine cuddled up to me and soon settled down back to sleep, I knew how Mom would take to my relationship with Shane, but I guess Dad would not likely take the information well if his previous reaction was any guess. Now that I think about it Dad hasn’t even bothered to visit me, I know his last visit didn’t end too well. I just hope he can see past all this…

The echoes of hoof steps could be heard from the far end of the castle hall, a bright pink pony with a puffy mane and tail stood outside the room where her friend was resting in. She was waiting outside expecting somepony to come down the hall at any moment, her waiting soon paid off as lavender alicorn soon came into her view.

“How is Dashie doing Pinkie?” She asked her voice heavy with worry.

“Dashie’s doing better after that run in with that meanie pants Sentiment!” Pinkie replied, “Oooh just thinking about him makes me so mad!”

“Calm down Pinkie, he did apologise for whatever he did.” Twilight told her energetic friend, “I still don’t trust this Sentiment, but still we should be grateful he got rid of those monsters for us.”

“What happened between them anyway?” Pinkie asked.

“I don’t know.” Twilight answered, “Princess Celestia just said something about them clashed, like their very natures couldn’t co-exist with each other.”

“Was it that weird spirally stick thingy he had?” Pinkie inquired, “Because that stick thingy was giving my pinkie sense the heeby-jeebies.”

Twilight looked a little disturbed by that information, when she had first met the Sentiment; he gave off an frightening aura, but that spear of his was like nothing she had ever felt. Twilight quickly shook off that feeling and made her way into Rainbow Dash’s room, bidding Pinkie Pie good night as she did so.

“Oh, Dashie…” Twilight whimpered, “If only I got there sooner, you wouldn’t be in here like this…”

“Urgh…Twi?” Rainbow said groggily, “Twi is that you? Oh man my head hurts?”

“Yeah it’s me Dashie.” Twilight smiled softly, “How are you feeling?”

“Like the morning after one of Pinkies 72 hour straight parties.” Rainbow replied, “Geez has that guy in the hood gone yet?”

“Yes, he left a couple of weeks ago to find Princess Luna.” Twilight answered, “Can you tell me anything about that spear of his?” Rainbow honestly didn’t want to say anything to worry twilight, but if she was asking then it was probably for the best to tell her.

“When we fought, it felt like he was hitting me with my own body and wielding it like a weapon…” Rainbow explained, “Only like it was the opposite of what I am, like when we were discorded awhile back.”

“Yes I remember even Discord seemed to be cautious of him.” Twilight mentioned, “Discord warned us not to provoke that man or any of his kind for that manner.” Rainbow looked shocked for a moment.

“Geez what was I thinking taking him on?” Rainbow moaned. Twilight gave Rainbow a small warm smile before kissing her forehead.

“Don’t worry I’m sure you’ll be up and about in no time flat.” Twilight cooed lovingly, “You know I love you, despite how much you make me worry.” Rainbow blushed slightly.

“I know Twi, I love you too…”

Author's Note

Here's the first chapter of the "Thirty Days" Arc, hope you're all enjoying the story so far.

-Silent.