Twilight Sparkle felt confused.
This morning, she received a summon to a royal summit from Princess Celestia.
Oddly enough, it was much less formal and seemed a bit rushed compared to earlier letters from her former mentor.
But a summon is still a summon, so she took the next train to Canterlot.

Once she arrived, she was escorted to a chamber where her sister in law, Princess Cadance, happily greeted her.

"So you got summoned too huh?"

"Yes Twilight, but I have no idea what this summit is about, it did seem very urgent though."

"I'm sure Princess Celestia has her reasons."

"Indeed she does, Twilight Sparkle."

Luna had just entered the chamber.

"Princess Luna, what is this all about?"

"I am not certain myself, Twilight Sparkle, but we have much to dicuss this day."

Luna then explained that several problems had been piling up all morning and would keep Princess Celestia busy all day.
Twilight and Cadance would have to keep themselves entertained until it was all sorted out.
This worked out great for them as they normally didn't meet as much as they wanted.

Several hours later, Celestia had finished her work for the day.
One problem after the other had been piling up all morning, almost as if some evil force tried to keep her from attending the summit she had called together.
Now that she thought about it, that could very well be the case.

"Sister, finally you join us."

"I'm so sorry to keep you waiting everypony."

"Well, at least now we can begin the royal summit."

Now all the four princesses were present.
Celestia cleared her throat.

"I suppose you are wondering why we called you to this summit."

Twilight and Cadance nodded.

"We believe that Lord Silvers has returned."

Twilight glanced at Cadance who shrugged.

"Um, Lord who?"

Luna nodded.

"I am not suprised you do not know who Lord Silvers is, few ponies these days do."

"Then........who is Lord Silvers?"

Celestia and Luna looked very sad.

"He.........he is our old mentor."

"Your mentor!?"

Twilight was curious and confused.

"But......isn't that something good? I mean, if he was your mentor, then it should be a good thing that he has returned."

"Normally yes, but I fear he is not the pony he used to be anymore."

Celestia then told her fellow princesses how the shadow had invaded her dreams and how it seemed to foreshadow a coming darkness.
Twilight asked if it was possible that Silvers could be possessed by some unknown evil.
Luna shook her head.

"No, I do not think so. He seemed sad and regretful about what he was doing."

"Then it stands to reason that he has his reasons. If only we knew why."

The room fell silent.

Twilight broke the silence.

"If he is up to something, then we have to find out what and try to stop him if we have to."

Cadance nodded.

"I agree with Twilight."

Luna and Celestia shared another look.
Celestia sighed.

"That is IF we can stop him."

Twilight looked worried.

"W-what do you mean?"

"You don't know him like we do. He is much more powerful than anything you have ever seen before."

Twilight gulped.

Celestia then told Twilight and Cadance how Silvers had once been.
How kind and wise he was.
The many fond memories she had of her old mentor and friend.

"I do not know how much he has changed, but we have to be careful from now on."

The other princesses nodded.

"I should return to Ponyville at once."

"And I to The Crystal Empire."

"Luna and I will look through the royal library for something to help us. Good luck everypony."

Twilight and Cadance rushed out, said a swift goodbye and parted ways.
Jumping from the nearest balcony, Twilight took flight into the night.
Next stop: Ponyville.

While flying, Twilight tried to process everything she had learned from Princess Celestia.
Silvers sounded like an amazing pony, so what could possibly had caused him to turn on his old ways?

She suddenly crashed right into something, something invicible and hard as steel.

"What the......."

She stretched out her leg and tapped on the invisible surface.
A barrier?
She was at the outskirts of Ponyville, but couldn't go any further.

"Problem, Princess?"

She turned around, only to find Discord hovering beside her.

"Oh, Discord, what are you doing here?"

Discord made a few loops.

"Well, I was trying to visit my friends in town, only to find that I can't even enter. There appears to be some sort of force field surrounding Ponyville. Odd, isn't it?"

"Yes, very odd."

"Hmm, well it's to be expected, seeing as Silvers has come back."

"What!? You know about Silvers?"

Discord huffed.

"Well of course I do, he is THE most powerful alicorn in pony history. Not somepony you want to mess around with, trust me, I know."

"So you have seen this barrier before?"

"It's rather hard to see something that is invicible, but I have indeed faced this barrier before."

"Is there any way to get past it?"

"No, not unless the pony who cast the spell want you to get in. I only know of one pony who knows how to cast this spell and that is Silvers himself."

"But can't somepony spot us from the inside?"

"Oh no, that is not possible either, you can look in but not out."

"Then what am I gonna do?"

Twilight felt really despaired.

"You know, it seems rather convenient that you where at that Royal summit when you........."

Discord was interrupted by Twilights loud gasp.

"What? Did I say something funny?"

"Oh no, no no no no, it can't be. He fooled us all."

Discord looked confused.

"Don't you see, Silvers planned all this, Princess Celestias nightmare, the Royal summit, Everything."

Discord started to understand as well.

"Well then, there is no time to lose. We have to inform Celestia at once."

Twilight nodded and set of at high speed towards Canterlot, followed closely by Discord.

Silvers chukled.
He had observed how Twilight crashed straight into his barrier and had followed the entire conversation high above him.
Now it was time for his next move, without any silly fillie interupting him.

"Hey, ya comin big fella?"

He turned towards Applejack and followed her back to her farm.
She had been kind enough to offer him someplace to sleep.
He smirked behind Applejacks back.
Tomorrow would be an eventful day.

Author's Note

Maybe not my best chapter, but I felt that we had to see what was going on with the princesses.
Hope you bronies like my story so far.
Helpful feedback is welcome.

Your Swedish brony.