I woke this time next to Cadence as she holds me close. She is asleep, and it is dark outside.

I rotate my head to see Rainbow there with her back to me, so I decide to get some fresh air and look at the night sky to think about what I was told. I shrink down into a small colt and slowly slide my way out from Cadence’s hooves, and then slowly roll Rainbow into her hooves so she is still holding onto something.

I then use my ki to float up and off of the bed before shifting into my human form. I am happy that my clothing somehow shifts along with my body, but this time I was slightly annoyed with my heavy boots, so I slowly lean over, and quietly remove them before falling over with a loud thump.

I held my breath in fear that I woke Cadence, or worse Dash. Either will tear me to pieces for denying seeing them with the Empress. After a few minutes of staying still and assuring myself that they are still asleep I climb to my feet, and walk out onto a large overlooking balcony.

I went straight to the railing, and put my hands on it leaning forward slightly.

What did it mean by what was wrong couldn’t be fixed? What balance have I yet to understand? I ask myself as my mind starts to search for answers that it didn’t have.

“Artermis?” Asks a young voice. I turn to see Apple Bloom there looking at me sleepily.

“Hey Bloom.” I reply quietly, “What are you doing up this late?” I ask her as I sit down cross legged to hold her close. She climbs into my lap and gives me a hug.

“I had another nightmare, but it was about you this time.” She tells me. I give her a sad smile.

“I sure it was just your imagination running into something random dear.” I tell her as I pet her mane softly. She yawns
before looking up to me.

“Hey, Cadence told us about your dad. Can I meet him?” She asks me with her puppy dog eyes. I smile lightly at her question, but shake my head.

“Not now, but how about tomorrow I show you, Scoots, and Sweetie after breakfast?” I ask. She gives a sleepy smile before nodding slowly and yawning again.

“That… sounds… good.” She says as she falls asleep in my arms. I smile sweetly at my daughter before petting her gently, and leaning up against the railing.

So is this one of your children? My father asks me.

Yes, this one is Apple Bloom. I saved her from her murderous grandmother before adopting her. She is also my first student in Earth Bending. I reply as I continue to stroke Apple Bloom as she sleeps in my lap.

She is very cute, and I can see wisdom in her eyes when she looks to you for help. Dad says as I stop petting her.

Yea, so how has reviewing my memories been? I ask before dipping into my mindscape to see and talk to my dad.

“You had a rough time didn’t you?” He asks me. I nod a couple times before smiling sadly.

“Yeah, I did, but my memories of you and Mom helped me through my life as well as Mlp: Fim.” I say as I create a cozy room for us to chat in. It was the inside of a log cabin with a fireplace that had a fire warming up the room, and we both had a lazy boy recliner to sit in.

“Planning on being in here for a while?” Dad asks me. I chuckle a bit and nod.

“Yeah, I wanted to chat a bit. Then I plan on preparing mentally for what I am to do.” I reply as I take the seat to the left of the fireplace before turning it to face my Father.

“Well, what did you want to talk about?” He asks as he sits in the other chair.

“I actually have a question first. How is Mom?” I ask him. He gives me a small smile.

“She is fine in the ascended realm. The alicorns there were very generous to us for what we did for you.” He tells me. I raise an eyebrow.

“Alicorns, what were they doing there?” I ask him in slight surprise.

“Well Mistyc, our world’s god isn’t the only god out there. In fact there is a whole ton of them, yet most are alicorns from Equestria. I didn’t know what they were at first, but after going through your memories I found out when I came upon your time spent watching Mlp:fim.” He tells me with a smile. I smile as well as memories of Mlp:fim come to the front of my memories.

“Yes, I remember when someone on the streets of LA was talking about it, and I became pony curious, and ended up as a brony.” I say as I look to my hands with a small smile.

It was then that I get a slight tingle in my mind telling me someone had entered it. I quickly summon the intruder to my current mindscape to see Luna there looking at me with a bored expression.

“Hello Luna, would you like to sit and chat for a bit?” I ask as I make a soft couch for her to lie on. Her boredom seems to dissolve into slight happiness as she takes the invitation by lying down on the couch.

“Have I interrupted something?” Luna asks as she gets comfy. Dad shakes his head.

“No, we were just talking about random topics from our world.” I tell her as I pop my neck from the stiffness it gets from the position I’m sitting in.

“Oh, well I just ended night court for tonight, and wondered what you were doing.” Luna says as she shifts a bit.

“Mistyc, I’m going to go meditate for the night, and will be at your fonts.” Dad says as he stands up. I tilt my head at him, but shrug it off.

“Alright, just be ready to meet your grandchildren in the morning after breakfast.” I tell him before he moves to a different part of my mindscape.

“Mistyc?” Luna asks after Dad was gone. I sigh as I knew this was going to come up.

“Yeah, it is a nickname from my birth name that he gave me.” I say as I lean back into my recliner. She giggles a bit before looking at me, and giggling again.

“What has you so giggly?” I ask her. She shakes her head.

“Something Tia said earlier tonight.” She says as she gets up off of the couch and comes over to me.

“Artermis, could I ask you something?” She asks as she walks up to me. I nod, and look her in the eye.

“What would you say to another mare that would like to court you?” She asks me with a straight face.

“Would this be you asking, or Celestia?” I ask in return.

“Hypothetically.” She replies.

“It is no longer my decision unless I want to be gelded. The mare that would like to court me would have to ask Cadence, not me. Then they would have to ask Rainbow as well for it is their decision now. I would like to keep my testicles though, so yeah they would have to ask the mares in my family.” I tell her before looking into the flames that danced in the fireplace to their own music that we couldn’t hear.

“And if it was your decision to make?” Luna asks as she leans on my chair.

“It would depend on the mare. They would have to love me for me, and nothing else, and they would have to be willing to put up with me for the rest of their life, and be able to let me go should I perish while doing my duty as the avatar, and as a Prince of Equestria.” I reply as I continue to look into the flames.

“So you would want a faithful and understanding mare?” Luna asks me. I nod to her.

“Yes… but why are you asking me this? Are you asking for another mare you know, or for yourself?” I ask her as I look into her eyes to tell if she lies to me.

“For a friend of mine.” She tells me. I raise an eyebrow as I see nervousness cross her eyes.

“You’re lying.” I tell her flatly.

“I am not.” She counters with even more nervousness in her eyes now.

“I can see your nervousness in your eyes. Please tell me the truth, as there is no need to hide this from me.” I say softly as I tilt my head to the right slightly. She looks into my eyes with uncertainty, before sighing.

“I… It was after you talked about my nights. After you said those beautiful things about them. I thought about you ever since then, and couldn’t stop, until it grew into what you are hearing now.” Luna says before hanging her head.

I give a smile to her words before getting up and moving to her side. I place a hand on her back, and rub to relieve her of her royal stress.

“Luna, what you’re feeling now, is completely fine. Never be ashamed of your feelings that come from your heart.” I tell her as I lay one of my wings over her.

“How are you so calm right now?” She asks me.

I was pulled out of my mindscape to see two seething mares that I knew oh so well glaring at me.

“I guess you want to ask me something, and it must be important if you pulled me away from my father who I haven’t seen in seven years.” I say as I pick Apple Bloom up, and move into the room before setting her down on the bed.

“Yes, we both want to know why we were kept from seeing the empress.” Cadence tells me quietly so not to wake my filly.

“Let us take this elsewhere so we don’t wake up Apple Bloom.” I tell them before exiting our room, and moving into the living room of our suite. I shift into my alicorn form as we walked.

“Let me ask you something.” I say as I lay on a giant pillow on one side of the room, while Dash, and Cadence take two that are across from me.

“What do you notice about this city?” I ask them.

“I noticed that the doors to everywhere are taller than usual, and that the buildings are bigger than the zebras need them to be, but what does this have to do with the Empress?” Cadence asks me.

“You will see in a little bit. Now, what else have you noticed?” I tell them.

“I keep seeing strange markings everywhere.” Dash says in a huff. I smile at her cooperation.

“Yes, and Cadence, has anyone been able to decipher these markings in this city?” I ask with a small smirk.

“No?” She says uncertainly.

“That is because this is the lost human city; know in my world as Atlantis.” I tell them. Cadence blinks a few times before bring a hoof up to her lips in realization, and Dash just looks confused.

“But how did an entire city come here?” Rainbow asks me.

“I don’t know, and I don’t want to know.” I reply before looking out one of the windows.

“Are you sure that this is a human city Mist?” Cadence asks me. I nod my head.

“Yes, because of every single way this place was built, I believe that this is indeed Atlantis.” I reply before looking back to my mares.

“I was talking about something that should have come with the city, and I was correct. This item that followed the city into this world has to stay a secret. I can’t even hint at what it is other than that it may be the reason that zebras are even sapient here.” I say before shifting into my human self when I hear a knock at the door.

I first look out the window to see that the sun is rising already, and the town below the palace is active with the populace.

I open the door with one of my hands with my magic.

“Dad, where’s Apple Bloom?” Scootaloo tiredly asks as she comes in and sits on my lap.

“She is in our bed sleeping still.” I reply before looking to my mares.

“Can I go and tell my father what happened?” I ask them. Dash looks to the ground before nodding, and Cadence just smiles to me. I sigh as I close my eyes, and find Luna talking to my father about something.

They both stop talking when I walk up to them.

“Cadence and Dash woke me up, so sorry for disappearing like that.” I say with a hand on the back of my neck.

“It is okay Artermis. Now I must be leaving to actually sleep today, or Tia will give me another lecture on proper Princess procedures again.” Luna says before giggling a bit, and disappearing.

“Mistyc, can I meet my grandchildren now?” My father asks impatiently.

“I had planned to introduce you to all three of them today, so let me go get them all, and I’ll bring Rainbow in here as well as Cadence so it can be a big family reunion…sort-a.” I reply.

“Alright, but if you don’t, I’ll tickle you until you pee yourself.” He says sternly, which makes me give a soft smile to him.

“I’ll be back soon.” I tell him before waking up, again.

Author's Note

Hey guys, and gals. Sorry for the long wait on this chapter, but I just got back into the writing mood again, so expect more of the story to come soon.