Another side of the story

by sweetiebotandSS2

Chapter 3

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"Cadance! What a pleasant surprise!" Celestia said, greeting Cadance warmly.

Why is she here without notice?! I'm in the middle of something serious.

"Yes, it's great to see you..." Cadance responded, a worried look in her blue eyes.

"Is something wrong, my dear? If you want to talk about it, I'm always here... why don't you have a seat here, I'll have the cooks make some tea."

"Thank you, but the tea really won't be necessary. I will only be here for a short time..." Cadance said, sitting down on a silk cushion and forcing a smile.

"What is it, darling?"  Celestia said, wondering what was wrong.

"It's about Luna... she came to my castle all alone, and burned roughly half the books I had in my private study! Is Luna okay?"

She had that many books about Luna's past? Well, at least they were in her private study...

Celestia tried hard to come up with an excuse.

"I'm so sorry, Cadance... Luna has been going through a lot recently...she wants everypony to forget about the Nightmare Moon incident, and sort of... start over as a Princess. I never thought it would come to this... she's burning all the books about Nightmare Moon. Twilight had a visit from her this evening, also. I'm so sorry. Is there anything I can do to help you restore the books?" Celestia lied.

"Oh... no, that's fine, thank you though. I don't care about the books, honestly, I just want to make sure Luna is okay! But I have to go... royal duties, right?" Cadance said awkwardly. She had a feeling there was something Celestia wasn't telling her...

"Ah, yes... I, too have tasks to attend to."

"Y-yes... Goodbye! Keep in touch!" Cadance said as she opened the heavy castle doors with her magic, then shut them.

There is definitely something she isn't telling me.