Only in my dreams

The early morning sun washed down brightly on Luna and Celestia as they sat at a large table, enjoying their meals. It’s heat keeping them warm. The heat that Luna had to bring from the other side of the planet on her own.

For her first time, Luna had discovered what it was like for her sister just years ago. Having to raise and lower both the sun and moon for a thousand years. It was miserable. But until Celestia’s horn grew back, this is how it would be.

For the next many years, she would have to take care of her sister, and do everything that Celestia used to do, such as raising the sun or sending messages to other kingdoms. It would be hard, but she knew she could do it.

“Luna?” Celestia said

“Yes, sister?” She responded. She was a bit irritated by all the favors Celestia had been asking her to do, but she did understand her lack of ability to do many of them herself.

“There was something I saw last night. During my dream.”

~~2 Years Later~~

Celestia walked down the streets of Ponyville, observing all the ponies that freely roamed the small town. Her gracious sun shown down on her back and the rest of the town, creating a gentle red glow. It was a beautiful day indeed and she did not plan to waste it on being the Princess.

From her position, she could see Twilight’s castle. A shiver ran down her back as she remembered the days that Equestria was at the constant threat from Tirek. Horrible days for a fair minded, but she had seen much worse. However, even now, it still brought her fear to know that such terrible creatures used to roam through Equus. Even more so to know that populations of creatures with the same magical abilities had formed towns in far away lands.

The only comfort in this, was the knowledge that not all of them were bad, as proven by Tirek’s brother. And any living creature has it’s own weaknesses. Only in that day, she realized how weak ponies could be to the rest of the world.

Celestia nodded her way out of her daydream. She had come here for one reason alone, and it wasn’t to spend time thinking about the threats to her nation. She had come here for Twilight and the elements.

As she walked around the nearest corner, Sugarcube corner came into view. The bright pink blob known as Pinkie Pie had just left the shop to make her way to Twilight’s castle. Nearly instantly, Pinkie noticed the Princess.

“OH! OH! PRINCESS!” She called, nearly breaking her ear drums, “ARE YOU GOING TO TWILIGHT’S CASTLE TOO!?”

Celestia sighed. Of all the ponies in the world, she would be forced to walk to her destination with Pinkie.

“Of course,” She said, her voice gentle and caring, “I suppose you would like to be my partner in this trip to her castle?”

Pinkie nearly screeched, “Of course silly! Who wouldn’t want to walk with the Princess anywhere?” In an instant, Pinkie was at the Princess side.

The entire walk, Celestia walked along while Pinkie spoke of many random things that were completely irrelevant to the current situation. Never once did Pinkie even try to get a response from Celestia.

Finally, they had arrived at the castle. Relief flooded over Celestia while Pinkie didn’t seem so happy about their conversation being cut short. Celestia looked over at the short pink blob.

“I suppose this is where our paths get separated. Important matters await us on the inside.” She smiled down at Pinkie, who returned with a smile of her own.

“It’s ok! We can talk after the meeting!” Pinkie replied enthusiastically.

Ignoring her, Celestia opened the double doors to the inside of Twilight’s castle. She walked in and cool air blasted over her body.

A large, open room filled her vision. Twilight had decided to transform the bottom floor of the castle into a library, with a spiral staircase that leaded up into the bedrooms and conference rooms.

Pinkie bounced up the stairs, vanishing within moments. Celestia explored the bottom floor for a short period of time. She walked a large circle around the room. Every wall had it’s own, full bookshelf.

Fiction books were on the right, non-fiction on the left. Each shelf was sorted by author, type of book and number of pages. Celestia picked a book from the fiction side called ‘Ologies: The study of common and rare creatures and their origins’ by Lyle Handsint. It was in the side of the documents, next to a book called ‘FoE: RadioPlay’ and “The Vinyl Scratch Tapes’. She flipped the cover open to find the table of contents.

She took a moment to look through the list. None of the creature seemed to ring any bells for her. Her eyes went to the section labeled ‘H’, in hopes to find what she was looking for. To soon did the sound of hooves coming down the steps come.

“Princess?” She recognized the voice as Twilight’s, “Are you down here?”

“I’m here,” Celestia nodded.

“We’re ready whenever you are,” Twilight said.

Celestia nodded again and started walking towards the stairs. Twilight got up the stairs again, Celestia on her tail. The two followed the staircase until they reached a single door at the top.

Twilight opened the door and the two of them walked in.

They were meet with the immediate stares of the other five elements. They soon smiled at the two and went back to chatting among each other. Twilight took her seat and beat her hoof on the ground to get the attention of the other girls.

“Your attention, please,” She started, “Today, Princess Celestia has called for a meeting, I believe she will now explain what is the reason.”

“Of course,” Celestia smirked as she explained, “The reason this meeting has been settled is to discuss an urgent matter that is beyond my knowledge,” She waited a moment to catch her breath, “Several years ago, I started to have these dreams. They were of this creature that even I knew nothing of. Something that, to the extent of my knowledge, does not exist on our planet,”

Celestia stopped and looked around the room, looking at each of the other ponies to make sure they were listening closely.

“Uh...” Rainbow Dash said, “What about Luna? What does she think of it?”

Celestia looked in Rainbow Dash’s direction, “She knows nothing about my dreams. Only that they are present and she can’t view them.”

They all stared blankly at Celestia, clearly not understanding her reasoning.

“Why not?” Twilight asked, curiosity clearly showing on her face.

“I believe it is in her best interest to not know. She would most definitely not agree with my plans,” Celestia looked down at her hooves.

“And what exactly are these plans?” Twilight asked.

Celestia looked back up at Twilight, hoping to gain her approval, “I want to bring this creature to Equestria.”

The six elements looked back and forth between each other, not sure on how to respond. Moments passed in silence and Celestia became worried that they wouldn’t agree with her decisions.

Suddenly, Celestia felt something soft land on her nose. She removed it from her snout and levitated it in-front of her face. It was pointed at the end, but heart shaped at the bottom. It had a simple coloration of just brown and white and was much longer than any Pegasi wing feather.

She knew exactly what this feather was from. It was a feather known all around the world for it’s constant build, soft, fluffy nature, and overall, aggressive build for flying at high speeds and altitudes.

Celestia looked over at Twilight. “ Are there currently any griffons living in Ponyville that you know of?”

oOo

A lone gryphon walked up the pathway of the royal palace. Around him, several columns seemed to lead into the sky, only to be stopped by the marble ceiling. Beside them rested pedestals with gold vases on the tops. It was beautiful place indeed. And only his king could build such a magnificent place.

Soon, the gryphon came to a massive set of double doors. Something every castle, palace, or any other major place of royalty seemed to have. The doors were constructed of wood, but lined with silver and gold. They had been decorated with many paintings that would put the any normal viewer in a state of awe.

He pushed the doors inward, revealing the king sitting on his throne, drinking wine. Several other gryphons of the royal family surrounded him. The king looked up from his glass as he heard the doors open.

“So,” He said blandly, “ Anything intresting?” He asked.

The gryphon that had just entered the room stopped in front of the king, waiting a moment to calm himself.

“The pony is right, Celestia plans to bring a foreign creature to her nation. From my own guess, she plans to-”

“Enough,” The king held out a claw to the gryphon in front of him. “ I didn’t asked for thoughts,” He looked over to his left and motioned something to whomever was waiting there. Another gryphon from out of view walked in with a pony. The pony was a dark blue color. His mane seemed to sparkle in the sunlight.

“Release him, he is telling the truth.”