The Shadow's Curse

Princess Cadence opened her eyes, with a yawn. She felt the rays of sun showering in, from her window, on her face, as she got up. The pink princess walked out of her bedroom, and into the guestroom. She wasn't surprised to see everypony awake.

"Morning!" Cadence greeted, as she walked in. Princess Luna jumped at the sudden outburst.

"Maybe give a warning, before bursting out, like that?" Luna asked, slightly angered.

"Oh, um, sorry?" Cadence asked, slightly unsure of why Luna cared so much about a slight scare.

Luna noticed she had been jumpy, since last night's dream. Cadence walked over to the three princesses.

"So, what will we do, today?" Cadence asked, more serious and concerned.

"I guess we can finish the book, about King Som-"

"No point," Twilight interrupted Celestia. "I read ahead, last night. There's nothing there..." Twilight added, with a sigh.

"What?!" Celestia asked, very concerned and shocked. "Nothing?"

Twilight shook her head.

Celestia sighed, sadly. "What do we do, now?" She asked. "We're at a complete standstill," she added.

All three of the princess' heads drooped, in defeat.

Luna felt the dizziness again. Luna was about to scream for help, but didn't want to panic in front of the other princesses. Luna knew what the dizziness meant, though. What did Sombra want? How could he be doing it? Didn't he only have power in her dreams. She felt the control of her body give away, once again. She could still see out of her eyes, but couldn't do anything. Not even blink.

"Have you considered the fact that Celestia may have only had a nightmare?" The question came out of Luna's mouth, but she hadn't said it. Although, she knew who did. Sombra had somehow kicked her out, and had taken control of her body.

"What do you mean, Luna?" Celestia asked, confused.

"I mean, what if it wasn't prophetic? You know, just a regular dream," Still under Sombra's control, Luna said.

"It...is a possiblity..." Celestia admitted.

The other two alicorns nodded.

"So, do we all just go home?" Twilight asked.

Luna felt her body going back into her control. As soon as she had it, she was about to blurt out that Sombra was coming, but was stopped by a shadowy voice. 'Go ahead, say it. It's not like you'll sound like a hypocrite, and be asked why you have a sudden change of choice.' The blue mare stopped immediately, as his words rang true. What would she even say, after being questioned? She would sound mad, if she told the truth!

Luna sighed and said, with fake confidence, "we might as well, if it all was just a dream." Luna hated lying. Especially about such an important problem.

The other three princess sighed and nodded.

"I'm so sorry, all of you," Celestia said. "My nightmare caused so much trouble. All for nothing," she added.

"We hold nothing against you, auntie," Cadence said, in a comforting voice.

"Yeah. We know you meant the best for everypony!" Twilight said, in the same voice.

Luna nodded, and gave a small, "yeah."

For a second, Celestia flashed a frown. She had expected a bit more, from Luna, since Luna was the one pony she would go to for comfort.

Luna caught it, but couldn't bring herself to lie about the current situation, anymore.

All four ponies approached the front entrance of the castle. It was time to go home. Cadence stopped at the door, while the other three continued. Cadence waved a hoof and said, "goodbye!"

Celestia and Twilight both turned and waved. Luna turned and gave Cadence a curt nod, and waited for Celestia to spawn a portal, with her magic.

"So, why didn't you make the portal in the castle?" Luna asked.

"Because we're taking the train," Celestia said, happily. "Why not have some fun, on our way home? You know, to brighten our day?"

Twilight smiled brightly. "Great idea, Celestia!" She said, happily.

Luna nodded, trying to act excited. After the stunt Sombra pulled, Luna didn't feel anything close to excitement.

"Come on, you too," Twilight started. "Let's buy some tickets!"