Love and Power: A New Dawn

A couple days passed and in Canterlot Luna was deep in thought. Gray Wings walked into the throne room and asked, "Your Majesty, you look like you are in deep thought. What is running through your mind?"

Luna replied, "Oh I'm just counting down the days until it will be legally declared that Celestia has abdicated the throne. I am thinking about summoning Twilight's former friends along with the two ponies I have picked to be the new princesses to come up here as soon as possible."

Gray Wings asked, "Why would you need two princesses? You and Celestia ran things perfectly fine with it just being the two of you."

Luna replied, "Well one of them will not give up her job as a dentist. That one I will have remain in Ponyville. The other one will gladly move up here and handle all the daytime issues. As Queen, I will continue to monitor the night and I will handle daytime issues of great importance."

Flash Sentry, who was also present in the throne room said, "That sounds like a splendid idea your Majesty. I sometimes think that Equestria would be a far better place than it currently is if you were queen. Yes I know order is the norm but I still think that things could be better."

Luna asked, "Flash, do you know how my sister sent messages to Twilight? I know that dragon coughed them up but how did she send them?"

Flash replied, "Well she would write the message on these scrolls over there, she would then blow on it and it would be sent. Very shortly the dragon would cough it up. He would write his reply on the same type of paper and blow on it. It would then appear out of thin air in front of her. Why do you ask?"

Luna said, "Well I need to get a message to Twilight's former friends along with Colgate and Lyra. If I can get a message to them that tells them to go get Colgate and Lyra and for all of them to get up here I can get ready to set in motion the winds of change. Besides, I need them to go get a couple very important ponies and I will need Gray Wings to go on a long distance trip to take care of some very important matters."

Flash asked, "What are those matters and who would Twilight's former friends need to go get?"

Luna gave Flash an icy glare and replied, "For right now that information must remain classified. This will all become declassified once everypony I need gets here."

Luna grabbed some of the scroll paper and a quill and wrote, "Spike, I need you and all of Twilight's former friends to come up to Canterlot at once. I also need all of you to bring Colgate and Lyra with you. Tell them that their presence is MANDATORY. Show them the note if you have to. Once you get everypony rounded up reply to me. Sincerely, Princess Luna"

Luna went out onto the balcony and sent the letter. Spike is with Applejack on the farm enjoying some cider when suddenly "BELCH" Spike coughs up a letter from Princess Luna.

Spike sees it and says, "Finally, a letter from Princess Celestia! Maybe she will know what is up with Twilight."

Spike opens the letter and he looked shocked.

Applejack asked, "Spike what is the strange look for? Twilight isn't dead or she didn't commit some sort of crime that got her banished did she?"

Spike replied, "I don't know. This letter is from Princess Luna and she is saying that we need to go up to Canterlot at once. She is also saying that we need to bring Colgate and Lyra with us and that their presence is mandatory."

Applejack said, "Well what are we waiting for? Let's go round up our friends, Colgate and Lyra."

Spike knew that the rest of their friends were at Sugarcube Corner but Colgate's office was on the way there. Luck was on their side because Colgate was cleaning Lyra's teeth. Applejack and Spike headed into the dentist's office and was greeted by Colgate.

Colgate asked, "Oh hi Applejack, hi Spike. What brings you in today? Do one of you need to schedule an appointment?"

Spike said, "No that is not why we are here."

Spike took the letter over to Colgate so she could read it. She had Lyra read it as well. Colgate replied, "I'm almost done with Lyra's teeth. Why don't we all just ride up there together? I know how Princess Luna is. She will get overly paranoid if not all of us show up at once."

Ten minutes later Colgate was finished with Lyra. Colgate closed up shop early and they headed to Sugarcube Corner. They looked shocked when they saw Colgate walking in. Pinkie asked, "Hi Applejack.......what? Colgate, I never thought I would see you in here. What brings all of you guys over here anyway?"

Applejack replied, "Well we have an important message from Princess Luna. Spike, have them all read the message."

Spike handed the letter to Pinkie and she passed it around. They knew that with Princess Luna sending a message that it was extremely important. Fluttershy asked, "Oh no, I wonder if something happened to Twilight?"

Rainbow replied, "I don't know but I know it isn't something minor. Luna only sends messages if it is extremely important. Spike, send a message back to Luna and let her know that we will be there ASAP."

Spike replied, "Well we will have to break into the library and get some paper. Twilight is the only one here in town that has the right type of paper."

Rarity said, "Oh don't worry about that. I know how to unlock doors. Let's go!"

They all headed over to the library and Rarity unlocked the door. The library seemed to have a creepy emptiness within it as Spike headed upstairs to get the paper. Lyra asked, "Is it just me or does it seem kind of creepy in here?"

Colgate replied, "It does, it seems very creepy. I know it isn't just because Twilight is gone either. She left me alone to study the dentistry books when I was writing that root canal spell for Celestia and it felt perfectly fine in here."

Spike grabbed the paper, they got out of the library and Rarity relocked the door. Spike took the quill he grabbed and began to write on the paper. He wrote, "Princess Luna, I have gathered everypony you wanted to come up there. We will be catching the next train to Canterlot which will be leaving in ten minutes. We shall see you soon. Sincerely, Spike."

Spike sent the message. Luna was eating a snack in the dining hall when she received his message. It appeared in front of her and she read it. Gray Wings was present and he asked, "Your Majesty, what does it say?"

Luna smiled and replied, "They will be here. They are catching the next train which will be leaving Ponyville in ten minutes."

In Ponyville the train pulls into the station and they all got on board. Colgate asked, "I can see why Luna would want you six up there but I wonder why she is so adamant about Lyra and I being up there."

Lyra replied, "Maybe she wants you to be her dentist and she wants me to play my lyre for her?"

Colgate rolled her eyes and said, "I don't know why she would call me up there to schedule a dental appointment and besides, you know she likes the rockin' music that Vinyl and I play anyway."

While Lyra and Colgate started arguing about what kind of music that Luna likes more Spike was getting worried. He asked, "You guys don't think that Luna and Celestia caught Twilight breaking some sort of royal law and are going to banish her somewhere do you? Do you think maybe they are going to let us see her one last time?"

Applejack replied, "You know Spike, I think living with Twilight made you overly paranoid. I'm thinking that maybe Luna just wants to see us and see if we have heard anything about Twilight or Celestia."

Finally the train arrived in Canterlot and they all ran up to the castle and Spike took them to the throne room. There they met an unusually happy Luna. Luna said, "You guys made it! I am so happy you were able to get here early."

Colgate asked, "Your Majesty, what is all this about and why did Lyra and I have to come too?"

Luna replied, "I will let all of you know the reasons for you coming here shortly. First though, let's go to the dining hall and have something to eat."

Colgate noticed that Rarity was nervously playing with her mane while they were eating. Colgate asked, "Rarity, why are you so nervous? You are acting more nervous than I did before my final exam at the academy."

Rarity replied, "Well I am just nervous about our meeting and what is going on with Twilight."

Luna said, "I know you are nervous about this but there is no need to worry Rarity. Tomorrow morning I need you and the rest of your friends to catch the train to the Crystal Empire. You are to notify Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armor that I need to see them immediately."

Fluttershy asked, "But what if they ask why?"

Luna replied, "Just tell them that it is imperative that I see them. Tell them that it involves Celestia and Twilight. They both love Twilight and they both care very much for Celestia as well. That will get them here in nothing flat."

Lyra asked, "What about us? When will you let us know about why we had to come?"

Luna replied, "Tomorrow after Spike and his friends catch the train. For right now I can not disclose any further information."

That night they all had trouble sleeping. Colgate and Lyra were nervous about what Luna had in store with them while despite how mean and rude Twilight was to them, Spike and his friends were worried about Twilight and Celestia.