Author's Note

I know this Chapter is short. Sawwy.

Second Tale

"But why didn't you-"

"Help her? Apologize?" Celestia interrupted Twilight's question.

" I didn't realize until the wedding of Cadence it was her." "What? How?" Twilight asked, serious but confused.

"It was when she said that Equestria has more love than any land she had encountered. That's when I knew."

*

"Wait!" Love Dove shouted after the princess, galloping up to her quickly. For a Princess she sure had a fast pace of walking.

"Yes?" She said looking down at the small filly.

"How much magic, does, Equestria have?" She asked with wide, bulging eyes. Celestia gave a slight chuckle.

"Love Dove, Equestria and many other places not known need love and order, without it, ponies and races would be having constant fights. Too much fighting wouldn't give any pony time to plant or build. If ponies didn't do their part for Equestria as I do, no pony would balance no friendship means no allies, which means more enemies, which we would eventually end up having a war. Understand?" Love Dove nodded,

"But, so, are you a lone ruler?" She asked. Celestia sighed her horn sparkling yellow began to lower the sun and raise the moon, revealing a certain shape in the moon as a unicorn mare.

'Just another four years Lulu, soon...' Celestia thought to herself rising herself in the air, beating her wings against the slight breeze, looking back down at Love Dove. Then looked back to the moon.

"Once I was not."

*

"But how does this have to do with anything or Cadence for that matter? I mean she's the Princess of Love, and changelings feed off love, how could they be..."

"Similar? I'll tell you." Celestia said finishing Twilight's sentence once again. She turned and faced the small stacks of pillows lying down upon it again.

"Go ahead and tell your friends they can go home. They are not needed at the moment." Twilight bowed her head, trotting outside Celestia's corridors.

*

"What?" Rainbow screeched, her frown deep with anger.

"I thought the princess was cool! But no!" Rainbow implied sarcastically.

"Just come all the way to Canterlot cuz you know, I want you too, but now I want all of you to go home because I said." Rainbow Dash tried to impression a rude Celestia, but Twilight glared at her in hatred.

"Look, I'll tell it to inform you, but for now go, so Celestia can tell me the story of Cadence." Pinkie Pie gasped.

"What?! I don't want to miss story time!" All the ponies sighed.

"Pinkie..." She looked furiously at all of them.

"What?! It's not my fault I'm a better, earth pony, happier Twilight who can bend realities and break the fourth wall and also that is funny and likes books!" Twilight looked as if she could explode and kill Pinkie. Fluttershy quickly grabbed Pinkie by the arm and rushed out.

"Maybe we should go, um we'll talk to you later alright Twilight? " She nodded and they all said goodbye. Until Twilight stopped.

"And Fluttershy?"

The yellow Pegasus turned back to Twilight's gaze to listen.

"Slap Pinkie for me will you?"

Fluttershy chuckled and nodded in response. Twilight trotted back into Celestia's room, her face turning from anger to seriousness. Back in the room, Celestia levitated a book over her face, over her changeling eyes.

*

Twilight stood still in the middle of the room awaiting for the Princess to tell her the story.

"Sit." Celestia said. It was almost an order more than an option. Her hoof pointed at another pile of pillows by the fire. Twilight slowly walked up to pile and laid down. Her eyes looked at Celestia and squinted. The princess cleared her throat and levitated a photo towards the two of them.

"This is me and my, friend." Celestia hesitated at 'my' and gulped down her crackling voice.

"We were, friends. Long ago. It was a story however of Cadence and my best friend was Cadence. She had a sister and parents but one day they were fighting and she thought it'd be fun to play treasure find in the woods. They got lost, a changeling and she they turned, friend, she turned back, then her sister turned on her, and left."

Twilight looked confused again then wore soft eyes. She laid a hoof on Celestia's shoulder, ending Celestia's sobbing.

"Tell me what happened. Slowly. From the beginning." Celestia looked from her shoulder to Twilight. She inhaled a large breath then wiped her hoof across her face, exhaling. She closed her eyes her breathing soft and steady opening them back up again.

"Many, many, many years ago..."