Second Chance

Canterlot Castle, 6 days after Princess Luna return

To say that princess Celestia is happy is an understatement, this past week have been the most joyful and the most celebrated time for the old alicorn, her sister was back, her own student found friendship and everypony has been especially nice with the recently-restored moon deity; all was good in the world, so, when she heard an scream from the most annoying, most pompous unicorn prince in the castle, she doesn’t scowl as always, but rather steeled herself, she went where she has heard the scream, but when she arrived; the scenario was hilarious, the pompous Prince Blueblood was a mess. His yellow mane caked with the rest of that she assumed was a moon pie. The prince himself was berating one of the maids of the castle.

“Why you little scum, you have ruined my mane and tail, so apologize this instant,” the irate prince was saying, eyeing the shrinking maid with a grin, “or, if you want, there are “other” ways to make up to me, peasant.” Without knowledge of both equines, Princess Celestia was watching the whole exchange, her festive expression, changing into a frown, and at the last sentence, a severe scowl, but, before she could intervene, another very booming voice interrupts.

“THOU LITTLE VARMIN, WHY DID THOU STOP THIS FAIR MAIDEN FROM BRINGING A SNACK TO MYSELF?” Princess Luna shouts in the royal Canterlot voice, scaring the daylights from the two ponies, and giving princess Celestia, a vanguard point on the terrified squeal that prince Blueblood shout, directly to her ear.

“Ow, nephew, how many times I have told you to conduct yourself with decorum and modesty inside these walls, also Luna, the royal Canterlot voice was unused for at least nine hundred or so years, so please refrain yourself sister, before…” suddenly, the solar diarch stayed perfectly still, perking her ears as to catch somepony’s conversation, at the same time, Princess Luna mimicked her actions both princesses pointing their muzzles towards someplace between the hall of the history of Equestria and the throne room.

“Something is coming” begins Celestia “and it comes with a change to us all.”

“But whether this change will be good or bad” continues Luna “that is going to be seen.”

Ponyville, 2:43 am, one week after Princess Luna return.

Twilight Sparkle jolted awake, waving her arms frantically and then became tangled with her sheets and falling off her bed, startling the little dragon sleeping at the bedside in the darkened room.

“Bwhaa” Spike says incoherently, regaining some focus into the unicorn tangled into the bedspread, “Twilight, it is a little late for anything so why in Celestia’s name are you awaken at this time, it is like 3 in the morning” the young dragon whines.

“Spike, did you feel that” Twilight ask, “it was like a huge gathering of magical energy” Like my own teleportation spell, the librarian thought “we need to check this out immediately, it could be another unicorn in distress or a very powerful magical surge” she continues to ramble excitedly, only to be compensated with a very loud snore from her assistant.

At first Twilight thought of awakening him again, but when she was to do it, the peaceful smile and the thumb in the mouth stopped her, with a quiet “Daaaw” she left her assistant to his sleep and went out to investigate the magical disturbance. Some other unicorns  where awake, but seeing the purple librarian/princess student, they quickly went into their houses again, the last one being a mint colored unicorn, muttering something about humans and the best dream she ever had.

However, when Twilight reach the borders of the town, she look to the Everfree Forest uncertainly. True, she had faced the awakening of a very pissed off alicorn, and thanks to her and her friends, Princess Celestia now was reunited with her sister, but the problem here was that she intended to go to that same forest all on her own, and she involuntarily shuddered at the thought.

“Hmmm, I think… maaaybe I should go into the forest when there is some more light” the purple unicorn pondered out loud, “on the other hoof, maybe there is somepony there that needs any help, and not going could put he or she on more danger, besides, I don’t know the forest very much so getting lost is a possibility” unknown by the librarian, one pony with turquoise, cat like eyes was watching her every move, and when he was ready to pounce on the unsuspecting mare, another magical surge gets from the forest, scaring both ponies.

“What the hay was that” Twilight shrieked.

Looming above the forest canopy, a thin, white dragon with a head in the shape of a spear, opened his massive wings and roared defiantly to the sky.