Solar Dream

~Several hours after the events of Chapter 1

A train rolls into Canterlot Station, a lone alicorn exits the train and walks towards Canterlot Castle.

~At Canterlot Castle

"Princess Celestia! I came as soon as I saw the moon. Has Nightmare Moon somehow returned?" The alicorn asks.

"Yes Twilight, ever since your friends perished the Elements have had no ponies to connect to, causing the elements to shut down to a  level so weak that it barely can keep the Element Tree alive. The Elements had to lose some of the things that they were holding back, allowing Nightmare Moon to return." Princess Celestia told Twilight.

"Well then, what is there to do?" Twilight asks concernedly.

"There is only two options. I would have to become Solar Dream, but that would cause endless day, it would make it hard for ponies to sleep, it would be extremely hot and crops would burn up eventually causing us to die of starvation. If I allowed endless night to happen, crops wouldn't grow at all, eventually causing us to die of starvation. It would seem there isn't any good solution." Celestia explained to Twilight.

"Wait, so no matter what all ponies will die except for you, Luna, Cadance, and myself?" Twilight asked Celestia.

"Actually Twilight, there is a third option, but you aren't going to like it."