The Consequences of Love

Three days had passed and the sun was setting in Ponyville. Twilight and Celestia were sitting down to a larger than normal supper. Celestia said, "Twily, be sure you eat plenty because it is not a short flight to Las Pegasus."

Twilight replied, "I know Celly. Oh I'm so excited! I have dreamed about this since I still lived in Canterlot!"

A few hours passed and Celestia said, "Well Twily, the time for us to go make our dreams become a reality has come. Let's go my love, I want to be far away from here before the sun rises."

An excited Twilight gave Celestia a long deep kiss before she locked up the library and took off towards the southwest. They flew close together because the idea of being too far apart scared both of them. While they did this Luna was out doing a patrol of areas south of Canterlot. She saw a couple of Alicorns flying not too far away. She looked harder and saw that it was Celestia and Twilight so she headed back to the throne room hoping that they did not see her watching them.

When she returned she was greeted by Gray Wings. He could tell that she was ecstatic. She started shouting, "They've left for Las Pegasus Gray Wings!"

Gray Wings ran up to Luna and hugged her. He asked, "That is wonderful news your Majesty! What do we do now?"

Luna replied, "We head up to the archives and search through the old books regarding royal issues that my mom wrote so many thousands of years ago."

They headed up to the archives and began to search through all of the old books her mom had written. An hour had passed and Luna was getting frustrated. She threw her hooves up in the air and said, "Nothing, I'm finding nothing."

A book fell in front of Gray Wings and had opened up to a page regarding royal duties. He saw this and said, "Your Majesty, this book fell in front of me and opened up to pages regarding royal duties."

Luna asked, "Really?" Luna then levitated the book to her and started to read it. She got a huge smile on her face and said, "Gray Wings, this is exactly what I was looking for!"

Luna was reading the book and ran into a paragraph of laws her mom created for her and her sister. It read, "Royal rule 1.11.106a: I, Queen Galaxia, mother of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, do command, it shall be the royal duty of Celestia to raise and lower the sun and for Luna to raise and lower the moon. Rule 1.11.106b, while there are times that a princess can not do her royal duties, such as in times of illness, times of banishment or times of being gone on official business, the other princess shall handle both duties. Rule 1.11.106c, however, if a princess is gone on unofficial business and fails to do her royal duties for fourteen (14) consecutive days, on the morning of the fifteenth (15th) day when the other princess does the absent one's duty, she shall declare the absent one has abdicated the throne and she shall declare herself Queen. Rule 1.11.106d, the new Queen is to transform two (2) unicorns into Alicorns and make them princesses. Rule 1.11.106e. She is to take control of both royal guards and if the absent one returns, the royal guards are to greet her with spears and forbid her to return. Rule 1.11.106f, the new queen is to banish the one who abdicated to a place of her choosing."

Luna started jumping up and down and said excitedly, "Gray Wings, read this!"

Gray Wings began to read it and he began to smile. He asked, "Your Majesty, how long has your sister been gone?"

Luna replied, "Tomorrow morning shall be the fourth morning of her absence. Let's discuss this more in the morning when everypony is awake."

A few hours passed and Luna was doing the royal duties of both her's and her sister's. The morning sun woke up Flash Sentry. He headed into the dining hall and was greeted by an abnormally happy Luna along with Gray Wings and Yellow Eyes. He asked, "Your Majesty, I have never seen you with that kind of smile on your face. What is going on?"

Luna replied, "We shall discuss that after breakfast. Let's just say that Gray Wings and I found some very important information in the archives overnight."

After breakfast Luna led them into the throne room. She was levitating the book that Gray Wings found. She opened it to the pages where the laws were located. She said, "Take a look at these pages and what they say. Once you read them you will know why I am so happy."

The book was passed between the royal guard members and they all were very happy with what they saw. Flash Sentry asked, "Your Majesty, is this the fourth morning she has been gone?"

Luna replied, "It has been. We just need my sister to be gone for eleven more mornings."

Flash replied excitedly, "And then you will be Queen Luna!"

Luna said, "That's right." She paused for a second and asked, "Flash, how did my sister get messages to Twilight?"

Flash replied, "Ok, she would write the messages on these scrolls over here. She would then blow on them and they would appear to burn up. Shortly after that the dragon would cough the scroll up. When she replied, Twilight would write the reply on the exact same type of scrolls, which she had no shortage of in the library, he would blow on it and then the reply would appear out of nothing in front of her."

Luna replied, "Ok, I need to get a message to them. Flash, could you get me one of those scrolls? I need to get a message to Twilight's friends."

Flash replied, "Yes your Majesty."

Luna wrote on the scroll, "Spike, I need you to round up all of Twilight's friends along with Colgate and Lyra Heartstrings and come up to Canterlot as soon as possible. Please send me a reply before leaving Ponyville. Sincerely, Princess Luna."

After finishing the message she blew on it and was on it's way. In Ponyville Spike was with Rarity in her boutique when suddenly "BELCH" Spike coughed up a message. Rarity noticed this and she said, "Finally, a message from Princess Celestia. Maybe she knows why Twilight has turned so mean."

Spike opened up the scroll and he looked stunned. Rarity asked, "Spike, what's wrong? That scroll isn't notifying us of Twilight's death is it?"

Spike replied, "No. This is from Princess Luna. She wants me to round up all of Twilight's friends, Lyra and Colgate and for all of us to get up to Canterlot as soon as possible."

Rarity said, "I think everypony else is at Sugarcube Corner, let's go."

Spike and Rarity knew that they had better hurry up and get everyone up to Canterlot as Luna isn't as patient as Celestia. Spike had an awful feeling in his gut that something had happened to Twilight. Even though she had treated him like dirt ever since she was crowned as a princess, he still cared about her.