Princess Amity

        Early in the next morning, the sun shines through the window of Amity's temporary room and shines right on her face waking her up in the process. The young princess rubs her eyes with her hooves, sits up, yawns, and steps off the bed. She stumbles a little but quickly regains her balance. She breathes out through her nose slow and rubs her head with her left hoof. She then hears three knocks at her door and approaches it. She opens to see Amber standing in front of her with a smile of her face.

        "Good morning, Your Majesty," the young filly says.

        "Morning, Amber," Amity says quietly.

        "Mommy wanted me to see if you were up," Amber replies. "Breakfast will be done any second."

        "Amber! Amity!" Remedy says aloud from down stairs. "Breakfast is ready!"

        "Right on time," Amity responds. She follows the filly down the stairs and to the kitchen. They sit at the round dinner table where Remedy is waiting for them.

        The unicorn mother says, "Good morning Amity. Looks like you're having a bad mane day."

        Amity chuckles a little and in a clear voice, "I guess I am." Suddenly, a sharp pain rushes through her head, and the alicorn rubs her head again.

        "You okay?" Remedy asks.

        "Just a headache," the princess replies.

        "Well, maybe food will help with that. Please sit." Remedy says. Amity and the two unicorns sit in chairs in front of the round table where a wooden bowl and a wooden spoon sit in front of the ponies. The princess uses her magic to lift the spoon which she uses to scoop some of the oatmeal and tastes the food.

        "Hmm," Amity loudly hums. "This is delicious. Is this peach?"

        "Why yes," Remedy answers, "with a dab of cinnamon."

        The three ponies continue to eat until the bowels are empty. Remedy with her magic takes the bowels to the kitchen sink and proceeds to wash them. Amber with a book bag on her back hugs her mother and Amity and leaves through the front door. Amity stands up and walks back to her room and makes the bed. While she makes the bed, through the window she sees magic dust from the sky head under her and hears a pop sound.

        "Please don't tell me that's Mom's letter," Amity says to herself with an expression showing concern. She finishes making the bed and walks up to the mirror attached to the room's drawer, and she uses her magic to lift a comb on the drawer and straighten her hair. As she straightens her hair, she thinks about the voice and white alicorn from the night before. "Who had that voice?" She thinks to herself. "I don't recognize it, but he said I knew him. He also said he wants to see me bleed?" She places the comb back on the drawer and walks downstairs. As soon as Amity reaches the bottom of the stairs, she sees Remedy outside with the door open and sends a letter via magic dust into the air.

        "Was that from Mother?" Amity asks in a somewhat concerned tone.

        Remedy re-enters the house and answers, "Why yes it was. Don't worry. She was just asking what I was going to do today, and I simply told her on that letter." Amity breathes out in relief. "Amity," Remedy continues, "you don't have to worry about being in trouble. Everything that happens here, stays here."

        The pink alicorn nods her head then asks, "By the way, what are we going to do today?"

        Remedy sits on a wooden chair against the round table and replies, "Simple. We're going to talk. Please sit down so we can start."

        "Talk? That's it?" Amity asks with a confused expression.

        Remedy brings her hooves together, clears her throat, and responds, "Excuse me. Yes. You see I've found that the best way to help my patients is getting to know who they are. Not their problems like your anger as an example but rather personality. That way I know how they think and how hard I should push them during the sessions. Additionally, my patients should know who I am through conversation so they can trust me. Understand?"

        Amity nods and sits in the chair across from her instructor. She then says, "So...where should I start?"

        Remedy lies back on her chair and replies, "Whatever or whenever you want."

        "Okay," Amity calmly replies. "As you probably know, I was born in Canterlot and my mother is Celestia and my father is Amyas."

        Back at Canterlot behind the castle, numerous unicorn and Earth royal guards are patrolling the Canterlot Garden while pegasi guards are flying over the maze. The captain of guard standing at the entrance removes his helmet and bows before Celestia with her unicorn assistant who is holding a clipboard in her left hoof and a quill placed on her right ear standing beside her.

        "At ease." Celestia orders the captain who rises after the princess' command. Celestia and the assistant walk past the captain who stays at Celestia's side, and the princess asks in an intense voice, "Did you find him?"

        "I am sorry," the captain replies "but we did not find a trace of him. However, we can confirm that he has..."

        The trio turns to their left past a corner to find a statue base with shards of broken marble scattered around it. Celestia stops immediately and her pupils shrink quickly. She approaches the base and the shards and observes them intensely and notices that the base shows no signs of damage. Celestia then uses her magic to scan over the debris then says, "Captain."

        "Yes, Your Majesty?" the captain marches behind her with his helmet on.

        "Tell the guards stay alert of an enemy who could strike Canterlot. However, do not alert the citizens. I don't want them to panic. Have guards patrol all streets of the city. That will be all for now." The captain nods and rushes to the middle of the garden to gather all the guards. "The assistant who is beside the corner then receives magic dust and transforms into a letter before her. She holds it with her magic. "Raven," Celestia calls to her.

        The assistant walks beside the princess and asks, "Yes?"

        "Take a letter," Celestia tells the unicorn. Raven places the letter on her left ear and picks up the quill with her magic. Celestia continues, "After writing this, send it to the Wonderbolts immediately. Write:

General Purple Dart:

The following is top-secret and only the best Wonderbolts are to take on this mission. I need the very best Wonderbolts to fly to the abandoned city of Pandora and search for any evidence of any pony being there. I understand that no pony should set hoof there, but I and the E.U.P. here in Canterlot have evidence that my cousin Triton has escaped from his stone imprisonment. I scanned the base and shards where he once stood and he somehow broke freely on his own. I have a strong suspension that he would be heading towards Pandora to reclaim his power he once had. Whoever you send must stay alert, and if he is there, they are not to confront him or follow him. Tell the members on this mission to return and inform me immediately.

- Princess Celestia"

        Raven rolls the letter and send it via magic dust, and the dust goes into the sky quickly. Celestia then asks, "Where am I to go to next?"

        "Let me see," the unicorn replies. "You are to appear at the Rich's Annual Fine Wine Tasting Convention. Do...do you want me to cancel it?"

        The white alicorn looks at her with a neutral expression and asks in a calm tone, "Why you ask that?"

        "Well," Raven responds, "because of what's happening here."

        "No. Don't cancel it. I cannot ignore the citizens of Equestria, and if I suddenly cancel all of these appearances, they will grow worry. I don't want them to worry. Not to mention, there may be a small chance that he left Equestria. His defeat may have affected him emotionally so much that he would want to leave. Even if that's proven wrong, I don't want the citizens going into a panic unless we know where he is."

        "Yes, Your Majesty," Raven replies.

        "Let's head back to the castle," Celestia says.

        On their way out of the Garden, Raven says, "Oh, Princess. I almost forgot that Miss Remedy responded back."

        Celestia stops, turns to her, and orders, "Read it to me."

        Raven with her magic lifts the letter from her ear, opens it, and reads aloud,

        "Princess Celestia:

Thank you for informing me about this. I will ask Amity if she had the same dream last night after our first session. Also, please don't worry about her. I know she will be a great pony to work with.

- Remedy"

        "Your Majesty," Raven speaks, "if I could recommend something. I think we should tell Princess Amity. Maybe if you two fight him together like you and Princess Luna did, both of you could stop him."

        "Absolutely not," Celestia snaps at the unicorn. "I'm sorry for snapping, but despite Amity being powerful and knowing a lot about magic, Triton is too deadly for her to face even with me. I fought him, and he's beyond anything I had faced before. If she were to fight Triton..." The princess stays silent.

        "But can't you two control the Elements of Harmony?" the assistant asks.

        "No." Celestia swiftly answers. "Only Luna and I were the ones to wield them. Without Luna, the Elements are worthless. She and I found them together before I was pregnant with Amity. Maybe if I was when I used the Elements, the Elements' power could have transmitted into her because their power circulated through my entire body when I used them."

        "Then," Raven replies, "how can he be stopped?"

        Celestia lowers her eyes, turns back to the castle, and walks without making a sound.