Tides of Time and Love

Princess Celestia arrived back in Canterlot. As she went to sat on her throne, she look around her castle noticing how more empty it had gotten over the years. Most of her citizens had join the King and Queen Luna's ever growing empire. Princess Celestia remembered when things use to be better, back when her children were still around, back when her husband Prince SunFire was always there for her. Prince SunFire was a yellow unicorn with red and yellow mane, and even before he was her husband, SunFire was always her loyalest personnel guard, protecting her no matter what the problem was.

Whether it was a protecting her in a warzone, or protecting her from her own rarely seen anger. Their relationship did not start with love, nor was she instantly smitten over something his actions in protecting her, like Queen Luna was with her own husband the King, who had save Luna life in a warzone, by taking a blade in gut. No, Princess Celestia relationship with SunFire was a slow development that took years. It started with simple talks to late nights staying up, while researching the Elements of Harmony, to small dinners to something more, and eventually love.

And thirty years ago when she first found out that she was pregnant with their first foal. At first Celestia was a bit worried about telling him. But, Luna soon convinced her to tell him, and months later, they were married. And months later, the foal was born, named New Dawn. Over all they had five children together. And then years later news arrived that made Princess Celestia and Prince SunFire so happy, their first grandchild. These thirty years had been good to them. But, more recently he had been getting bit distant. Leaving the city at night, and strange mood swings. Finally one day he just disappeared and didn't return, and what worse is what she found the morning he disappearance.

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The three ponies arrived in Canterlot and made their way to the Castle, as they walked Sir Ravage Blues spotted some mares, and grabbed out his saxophone and started playing for the mares.

"Enough Sir Ravage, we need to get moving," said Crimson Rose,

"What I can't flirt with the mares," said Ravage Blues,

"Not after what happen with you and my sister," said Crimson Rose, as she pull the saxophone away,

"Are you still on that, I was on a mission at the time, I had to assassinate a racist dictator,"

"On you and my sister wedding day, you left my sister at the alter alone,"

"hey I got there eventually,"

"Yeah, after it was already over, and my sister had already ran out in tears,"

"Look sorry, about what happen with me and Clarity Rose, but in A.N.T.I. missions are our first priority"

"That is why I ask my husband Captain Dark Dusk, to leaves A.N.T.I., and why because you assassins put your missions above everything else, my sister loved you, why, I don't know, but Clarity Rose still--," said Crimson Rose as she covered her muzzle, hoping that Ravage Blues did not hear that last part as Dark Dusk interrupted her.

"Will you two stop arguing, we are here," said Dark Dusk, as he pointed to the front door, where guards were blocking their path.

"We are here to see the Princess, we are from the Empire,"

After some convincing, the guards finally let them in.

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As they entered they saw Princess Celestia sitting on her throne, the place was covered in white marble

"Captain Dark Dusk and Sir Ravage Blue, are you two the ones he sent to help me," said Princess Celestia

"Yes we are Aunt Celestia, now what is the mission," said Dark Dusk

"Fine the mission is to find my husband Prince SunFire, he has gone missing," said Princess Celestia

"Aunt Celestia no mean to insult but why would OLD Uncle SunFire--" said Ravage Blues then he was interrupted,

"Ravage you take that back right now," said Crimson Rose as she slap Ravage Blues on the back of the head,

The word "OLD" stung Princess Celestia heart harshly, she knew that SunFire was getting old and although she was immortal, her husband was not. Though she didn't look a day over twenty-eight, and her husband was all ready in his late fifties. But she got up from her throne, and kept her composure, try her best not to let anypony see her worries. Princess Celestia still love her husband greatly.

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Princess Celestia led through hall while telling them how strange Prince SunFire had been acting before he disappeared. Finally they reach where he had disappeared.

"I woke up like any other day, and notice him gone again, but I thought he went to his study room, a room I originally built for our children but after all the children move out, he had it turn into his private study room,"

"Do any of you recall the story, of your mother's journey to heal father back when "nearly" died, what Luna had found a Dragon Egg on her journey, back before she became Queen and your Father was known as King,"

"Yes we have heard the story, our oldest brother Bold, told us it a few times,"

"For last two years I thought that my husband Prince SunFire was studying the Dragon Egg, that your mother Luna had found on her journey all those years ago,"

"I thought he was still studying it, a month ago on the day he disappeared, until I saw this," Princess Celestia stated as she open up a seal room.

As the three ponies entered the room, Princess Celestia did not follow. Their eyes widen at the shock of what they saw. The room was cover in blood, the entire room was cover in blood, and the Dragon Egg was gone.

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