Echoes of the Past

What was going through my mind was unimaginable. How could this really be happening? How can Celestia be hiding such a big lie for such a long time? I began speaking very slowly "If this... is true... then … I will help you … I will help you defeat the princess"

Luna's eyes look looked relived. For once in her life she has managed to convince a pony to do what she wanted over her sister. There was a long pause. I finally said "So what do you want me to do? Spy on your sister?"

"No" Luna quickly shot back "I want you to gain her trust; I want you to make her believe anything that comes out your mouth. There is no need to spy on her. I'm already certain what she is up to."

"So what is the plan?"

Luna began "I want you to give Celestia false information. I want you to give her the idea that I'm up to something completely different then what we are currently doing but not quite enough so that she will have to confront me. I need you to give false leads and hopefully stretch out her guard system enough to allow an opening for us to strike. Return to my room after midnight every day and we will talk about our next move, what you will say to my sister next and what I will do support it."

"How exactly are we going to strike?"

"Leave that to me. All I have to do is backup what you say to my sister, so I will have plenty of spare time to find the perfect moment to attack."

"So what do you want me do now?"

"Tell my sister that I was reading a book and I was making notes."

"OK, see you later." I looked at her face one more time and left the room. I exited with massively different intentions then when I entered. As I headed back to Princess Celestia's bedroom I began thinking if this is true or not. But the more I thought about it the more the more it made sense. Why else would Celestia would want me spy on her sister other then that her grand plan was about to take place? The one question that puzzled me was how did Celestia get these ideas? How did she come to the conclusion that the death of all Earth ponies would benefit Equestria?

I returned to Celestia's bed room. "Ah good you weren't found. So did find anything out?"

I answered the Princess "Not much Luna was only reading a book and writing some things down."

"Reading?" The princess said puzzled "My sister isn't much of a reader. Anyway good job, keep an eye on her whenever you can. Now go get some rest, its far too late for ether of us to be up." She finished with a yawn. The princess paid me and I left her room.

It was a long tiring fly back to my house. I was exhausted when I finally made it home. I was too tired to take my cloak off. So I just went to sleep standing up. This was a habit I've acquired ever since I was caught because I could not stay still for an hour. It has helped improve my posture and my discipline. It has also allowed me to stay in difficult positions for long periods of time. Nearly every time I did this I woke up in a different place then was I fell asleep. That was not the case that night. I was exactly in the same spot from were I fell asleep. It must have been my thoughts weighing down my hooves down.

The next day I spent most of my time at the castle. Not exactly looking for anything in particular. I was just getting a feel for the layout of the castle. I had to learn every part of the building. Every room, every corridor, every nook, every inch of space that castle took up.

Finally night arrived. I returned to Luna's room. She was waiting for me. Luna asked me "So what have you been doing all day?"

"I've just been roaming the castle, getting to know the passages and hallways."

"Well then time to make our next move. Tell my sister that I visited the library and I returned the book I was reading back to the library. Also report to me how Celestia reacts, try to figure out what she is plans to do about it. But don't ask any questions. I don't want her to get suspicious about you."

"Got It"

So that's how it went for the next few weeks or so. I did a few things different then when I came to the castle in the beginning. First I started wearing my white cloak instead of my black one. This proved to make me harder to be seen when I'm inside the castle. This was thanks to most of the walls being painted white as well as there being various clouds floating near the ceiling to help keep the castle clean. The other things that changed is that I began sleeping in Luna's room. It was more than big enough and besides I was going to be at the castle every day I might as well sleep there. I also wanted to sleep there because I've never seen a room like it before; I seemed to tell her how much I liked her room almost every day.

In the beginning told Celestia small things that Luna did. I told her that I saw Luna "go into the library and return a book" or "I saw her go into Ponyville and buy a bushel of apples" or "she went the Canterlot garden, I spotted her picking some plants."
Celestia's reaction seemed to be very calm. She usually said after I gave her my report "I guess I need and extra pair of eyes in that area" or "I should send one of my ponies to check that out" but half of the time she told me "I don't think that has anything to with what I'm looking for but good job anyway keep up the good work".

As the days went on I told Celestia more and more sinister things. By the end of the third week the princess was taking everything I said very seriously. Some of things I told her were "Princess, I saw Luna get another book from the library. This time it was from the restricted section." and "I spotted Luna going to Cloudsdale, I saw get some strange looking clouds" also "Celestia, I saw you sister visit the dungeons again. But this time she visited Discord's chamber."

At this point Celestia did not try to hide her plans. She now said things to like "I really need to tighten security in that place" or "I'm going to have to send a team to see what Luna is up to" and finally "No! She is trying to ruin everything."

Then one day I told the princess something the really made her freak out. I told her "Princess Celestia I Saw your sister at Zecora's house. Luna showed Zecora that book I saw her take from the library. Then she gave the zebra the plants she picked from the garden, the clouds she got from Cloudsdale, and few other things I haven't seen before. Zecora made a potion with all that and give it to Luna."

Celestia was very shocked "So that's what she is up to. I'll send some of my ponies to check on Zecora just to be certain. As for you I need to keep a very close eye on my little sister. Something big is about to happen so be ready."

I left Celestia's room not sure was about to happen. I flew around the castle to make it look like I was doing as the princess asked. Midnight arrived and I returned to Luna's room. However Luna was not there. I was not very suspicious of this she has done this a few times before but this was still a rare occurrence. I was too tired to wonder about it and so yet again I went to sleep standing.

"Wake up, come on!" This was the rude awaking I had to a rather good sleep. I opened my eyes and yelled out in surprise. The floor was several feet below me. I spread out my wings and began to hover. As I gained consciousness I realized were I was. I was on the second floor of Luna's bedroom. The glass floor tricked me yet again that I was floating the air. I must have sleepclopped up the stairs and onto this glass. Finally I looked up into the face of Princess Luna.

Luna gave me an funny face "That's one way to wake you up" I took good look at Luna. She seemed to be wearing more jewelry than usual. She told me again "Come on lets get going"

Still half asleep I asked her "Wait what is happening?"

Luna was getting impatient "Were taking down Princess Celestia"

I wasn't thinking straight so I asked her "We have a plan to do this?"

Luna sighed and said "Yes we do, now can you please follow me?" I began to tail Luna as she went out of her room and downward towards the rest of the castle. I just stared coming to and then I realized what I was actually doing. I was about to save all the Earth ponies of Equestria.