A rainbow broke across the room through a stained glass window and out another in under a second. It had been Rainbow Dash. She had unintentionally had distracted Celestia and broke her spell as well as all of the guards. Rarity took the opportunity to buck the guard who's magic had been holding the ropes around her hooves throwing him into the air.

The guard was surprised by the power that the dainty and elegant pony could put into a buck. She had always been strong one example was when she kicked the manticore, but she had gotten stronger since. She used the spear he had been holding with his hoof to cut off the anti magic brace on her horn. The very second it was off she used a levitation spell to catch the guard in midair. She then began tying him up in the very rope she had been tied up with as well as his mouth to keep him quiet.

The bubble that had held Fluttershy had popped with out magic as well. She however snuck over to the princess that laid lifelessly. She wasn't dead yet, the fatal injury that none of them had noticed was the magical mark on her neck.

Meanwhile Pinkie Pie was digging through her mane as she had done so through the whole episode of Twilight begging for understanding. She finally found what she had been looking for, a pink key! She ducked down avoiding the one guard that wasn't disturbed by the smashing of ancient glass that had been there for centuries. She poked the key into the chains that held her on each hoof.

Twilight had been shocked by the clattering as well. She had turned her head to the sound so sharply that you would have heard it as well if the surrounding noise wasn't so loud. Rainbow Dash was free. From what Celestia's letter said she assumed that Rainbow had been captured before she received the note. She looked towards her friends expecting them all to be in the same place and just give a glance, she instead saw Fluttershy leaning over the princess pressing herbs to her neck for some reason. Rarity was levitating a sleeping Applejack as she quietly passed the guards. Pinkie Pie was jumping super high but landed slow and quiet. Her life wasn't over yet, Celestia or no Celestia.

All of the guards had jumped, their eyes were dancing waiting for somepony to spring out and attack. Their weapons had dropped when the glass had shattered, they picked them up immediately and sprang to a defensive position.

Rainbow Dash had crashed into the room again but landed on the floor a horrible mess. One would have not been able to recognize her unless of course she hadn't been one of the ponies who had saved Canterlot once, the Crystal Empire once and Equestria who knows how many times. Seriously though how rare was that? Oh wait she was!

The guards piled on to her, muffled sounds came from the pile of ponies. It was then that Twilight realized what was going on and what to do, "Celestia!" Twilight spoke a she stood up. "I do not know why you are doing this," her voice was strong and dignified as she continued, "I cannot let you hurt my friends!" Her voice began to transform, her entire body began glowing her traditional lavender color of her horn. "WE ARE ONE YOU WILL NOT EVER STOP US FROM FULL FILLING OUR DESTINY!!! WE ARE NOT DONE WITH LIFE YET!!" After Twilight finished speaking in the Royal Canterlot voice that she dreaded, the entire room began to flood with light.

After the flash of light all the ponies in the palace had gained temporary blindness, Celestia included. When the effects wore off all that stood in the room were the royal guards and Celestia. Luna, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle and even Rainbow Dash were gone! "I thought we had Rainbow Dash in captivity!" Celestia said, her voice echoing through the throne room.

"We did your highness," the guard said, "she must've escaped with the help of her friends." Celestia nodded, the logic behind it was undeniable, she should've never sent her that letter just went to capture them herself.

"Take the guards off guard from the cell that contained her then." Celestia spoke out. "Then begin the search for them. I will not let them get away with this." The guards ran off to fulfill her orders. She let her voice begin to swell up, showing her true emotion, choking out every word. "I loved my... sister.... she... and I... we... were... together.. now I'll always.. be all.. alone." Celestia had been cracked she ran to her room bawling. It had been a thousand years since she had done so. She had bawled herself to sleep every night for nearly a year after she had to banish her sister to the moon and now, she did it once again.

Author's Note

Please bear with me