Crystarium Fantasia

Astrána had a confused look on her face as Twilight led her into the Canterlot Library.

Twilight smiled as she said, "We should find some books on your namesake here, Celestia said the name meant a lot to her, that's why she was so shocked to meet you."

"Well... Umm, I hope so, I'm rather new here. I have lived in Fillydelphia all my life." Astrána said, an awkward expression coming over here face. She look quite out of place in the library, she had flowing pink hair and a dark purple coat. Her colours seemed to be the parallelisms of the city, it made her stand out a little more than she would've liked.

"I understand how shocking the change of scene can be.." As Twilight spoke the room began to shake violently, a small crack appeared in the wall, a blue haze shone through the small crack.

“What’s happening?!” Astrána screamed, she dropped to the ground and put her hooves over her head. Twilight stared into the crack, amazed such a large marble slab could be moved by whatever mechanism was causing the slab to slide along the marble.

“I think... I think there is a room behind that slab, I read about a hidden room in the Canterlot Library a long time ago! I never expected it to be true.”  The slab continued to slowly open, after about thirty seconds it shopped with a resounding boom.

“Twilight, we should go.” Astrána said meekly, a worried expression on her face.

“No, I can’t. Whatever is hidden in here has been lost for millennia! We must retrieve it, the door may close any moment!” Twilight ran into the room, her body seeming to disappear as she entered the dark blue haze. Astrána followed hesitantly, as she entered the room it seemed to expand beyond the proportions of the library itself.

“Twilight? Twilight! What is going on?” Astrána looked terribly worried now, she wasn’t used to such stressful situations.

“It’s ok, Astrána, the room is magically enhanced. I’m just ahead of you.” Twilight cast a light spell, dispelling the dark blue haze around her. Astrána’s eyes lit up as she spotted her guide a few meters ahead of her. She ran towards Twilight who was currently surveying the area, she looked fairly disappointed to see no sign of any bookshelves.

“This place may be empty.” Twilight said, a sadness ringing in her voice.

“Twilight, look!” Astrána said, pointing to the centre of the room, “I think I see something.” Twilight peered into the distance, noticing a pedestal in the distance Twilight gasped.

“I think there might be something there!” Twilight squealed in excitement, she galloped towards the pedestal to see a thick tome lay flat on the golden surface of the pedestal. The title read, ‘Astrána’s Journal’ upon noticing this Twilight called Astrána over to her.

“Hey, take a look at this, I think we’ve found your namesake.” Twilight said in a mystified voice. Astrána’s eyes widened, she used a movement spell to open the time. Poof, a small jet of sparks erupted from the book, causing Twilight and Astrána to jump back. An impending sense of doom fell over the two ponies.

“Astrána?”

“Yes Twilight?”

“Did you feel that?”

“Yes...”

“Let’s grab the book and leave, we’ll finish it later.” Astrána nodded in agreement, they both ran out the room, as they left the door began to close by itself. They headed back to the castle and entered Twilights room.

“This could be bad.” Twilight said.

“I know... But this is important.”

The crystalline tombs of the Chaotic Six began to crack, something had happened, they regained consciousness. The six ponies writhed within their prisons; unable to breathe their panic was palpable. Crack! Their tombs exploded, they were free.  A high pitched laugh came from Nocturn Dusk.

“It has happened! We’re finally free!” The other ponies began to laugh in unison with Nocturn Dusk, she stopped a few seconds after, the laughter began to die down.

“Discord... He’s gone. I cannot sense his presence in the land! He has been defeated.” A grin from Nocturn Dusk shocked the other ponies.

“How can you be happy?!” said Blood Wrath, “We need him.”

“No, not anymore. He needs us, if we can free him he will be under our command this time. This time, we win!” Nocturn Dusk looked at the other members of the Chaotic Six, “Does anyone disagree with me?” The other ponies shook their heads violently with murmurs of ‘No ma’am’ and ‘Of course not.’

“Let us recuperate in this castle, we plan our revenge tomorrow.”

Twilight and Astrána finished the book, they closed it over and stared at each other, delight but it was obvious the feeling of impending doom had not passed.

“Twilight!” Astrána said in delight I was named after Princess Celestia’s mother!”

“I know...” Twilight’s voice resonated with worry.

“It’s going to be ok Twi, that feeling was probably just a warning spell to keep thieves out.” Astrána said, nudging Twilight.

“I know, I just think... The feeling may have something to do with the ponies the Queen talked about in her journal.”

“Why would you think that?” Astrána asked, trying to comfort Twilight.

“They... They wield the Elements of Chaos... When you opened the book I felt something resonate within me, the part of me

that is attached to the element.” Twilight looked back at Astrána, a single tear rolling down her cheek. Astrána wiped it off

with one of her hooves.

“Don’t think like that, it’ll be nothing. There is no way they could do anything to us, they were finished off, I don’t think they could come back from whatever the Queen did to them.

“That’s the thing, Astrána, she defeated them, but what happened to the Queen?! She was killed too, they’re obviously powerful. They worked alongside Discord too, what if he’s been freed? We should’ve left, you were right.” Twilight was now in tears, pure terror emanated from her eyes.

“Twi...” Astrána said as she pulled her into a tight hug, Twilight shook violently in Astrána's tight embrace. Astrána closed her eyes and began to cast a ‘go to sleep’ spell on Twilight. After a few seconds she felt Twilight’s sobs subside and her shaking slow.

“You’ll be alright.” Astrána said as she carried Twilight to her bed. She cast a monitoring spell in the room so she would be notified when she awoke from her magic induced sleep.

Astrána began to make her short trip to her room just down the corridor when she was stopped by none other than Princess Celestia herself. She gasped and dropped to her knees.

“Your highness” She said, her heart beating like a jackhammer.

“I see you found my mothers jounal... I have been searching for that for millennia.” Princess Celestia said, her voice strong a firm.

“Yes, I would give it to you but it’s in Twilight’s room, she’s sleeping.” Celestia’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“I see, I will collect it tomorrow then. I may be able to piece together the fate of my mother. It has always disturbed me.” Her

head lowered as she mourned her loss.

“I... I’m sorry. But I was planning on sleeping myself, may I pass?”

“You may, I am sorry for bothering you, Child, the memories still sting.” Celestia said as she stepped aside.

Astrána stood and trotted towards her room. She turned and opened the door with magic. The room was fairly large, it had a four poster bed with red drapes, a mahogany desk with some cluttered papers placed atop it from Astrána’s studies earlier in the day. A wardrobe stood in the corner of the room, filled with formal attire. Astrána lay on the bed and mulled over the days events. I hope Twi’ will be ok. She thought before she fell asleep.