Love and Power: A New Dawn

Afternoon arrived in Canterlot and everypony had finished lunch and headed to the throne room. As soon as everypony was at attention Luna started, "Ok everypony, I'm sure all of you are wondering why a meeting that is this mandatory has been called."

Queen Galaxia raised her hoof and said, "Well I know it involves Celestia. Please Luna, let's go into detail."

Luna looked over at Spike and his friends, "Well, you six are the ones who first noticed this, so the floor is all yours."

Spike started, "Well, it wasn't too long after we got back to Ponyville from Canterlot that things started going weird. Twilight was supposed to give a speech at Sugarcube Corner for the whole town but during the middle of it she faked a coughing fit."

Galaxia interrupted, "Who cares about Twilight Sparkle, I am concerned about MY DAUGHTER!"

Luna replied, "Mom, this whole story involving Twilight leads up to things that have happened with Celestia. Spike, please continue."

Spike continued, "Ok, after that she teleports herself into the library and locks me out, which is very unlike her. Then a couple days later she finally comes out. I run up to her and hug her and she yells at me and says something about Celestia being the only pony allowed to touch her."

Galaxia interrupted, "What? Now why would this Twilight Sparkle character say that and who is she anyway?"

Luna replied, "Well Twilight Sparkle is a pony who has been a student of Celestia's ever since she was a very young filly. Twilight was basically a model student. She and Celestia were nearly inseparable until Celestia made her go to Ponyville to prepare for the summer sun celebration the year that I escaped from the moon and was returned to being Princess Luna."

Galaxia asked, "So what happened after that?"

Luna replied, "Well you see those ponies over there? They became her best friends. Twilight stayed down there studying friendship, as Celestia put it, up until her coronation. Then as soon as Twilight was transformed into an Alicorn and became a princess it seems like her and Celestia went back to being rather clingy."

Galaxia asked, "I wonder why that happened?"

Luna replied, "I don't know. Ok, now on to what happened. Rainbow Dash, you saw what was going on next, the floor is yours."

Rainbow said, "Well, she was gone again for a bit, or so we thought. Fluttershy and I saw that one of her top floor curtains were open. So we flew up there and we saw her and Celestia kissing and talking about running off to Las Pegasus and getting married."

Galaxia shouted, "WHAT? Oh when I get my hooves on that little homewrecker Twilight she will wish she had never been born!"

Flash said, "Well the thing is Celestia confided in me. She told me that she had a crush on Twilight ever since she developed into a full grown mare, which happened when Twilight was still a student of Celestia's."

Galaxia shook her head and sighed, "In other words, Twilight wasn't exactly a homewrecker? Celestia had the same feelings too? Do you know when they revealed their feelings for one another?"

Rarity replied, "Well I think it was after that first time that we couldn't find Twilight for a couple of times. We now are pretty sure that Celestia was visiting her and they shut themselves in when they expressed their feelings for one another."

Cosmos asked, "Luna, what is causing you to be so sure that Celestia ran off with this Twilight Sparkle character to Las Pegasus?"

Luna replied, "Well the very night after Yellow Eyes reported to me that Celestia crawled out of her window in the middle of the night shouting about how she was going to marry Princess Twily I saw Celestia and Twilight flying in the direction of Las Pegasus."

Galaxia asked, "Wait, they took off in the middle of the night?"

Luna ranted, "Yes, they did. Celestia and Twilight knew that I along with both royal guards were watching her closely because we were worried about her. She had become very secretive and very defensive about her relationship with Twilight by that point. Now why would you leave in the middle of the night if you weren't trying to hide something?"

Cosmos replied, "You know Galaxia, Luna does make an extremely good point."

Galaxia asked, "Luna, how long has Celestia been gone and abandoned her royal duties?"

Luna replied, "Well it has been eight days so far. I am hoping that she will return home soon. I think that Princess Twilight Sparkle is a very bad influence on her."

Galaxia asked, "Yes, I think she is. However, you know if she is not back by the morning of the day after the fourteenth day she will be legally classified as having abdicated when you raise the sun the following morning, don't you?"

Luna replied, "Yes, I have read the law you wrote. That is why Colgate and Lyra are here."

Galaxia said, "Well I think that we should stop for a while. The more I think about what Celestia has done the more I feel like she has spit in the rest of our family's face and I just want to strangle Twilight."

Luna agreed. She replied, "Yeah I think we should. It is getting close to being time for supper and then it will be time to lower the sun and raise the moon."

After this meeting Galaxia and Cosmos were pretty sure that their youngest daughter would become the queen of Equestria and that if they ever saw their eldest daughter again, that she would have to be banished. Deep down Galaxia wanted to kill Twilight but knew she had to hold her temper, until she finally met Twilight.