Return of Nightmare Moon

They arrived at a partially destroyed house and were about to enter before Wind was tackled by a brown blur. Instinctively, Wind drew her sword. She looked up to see Cherry, only, she looked different. Then, Wind remembered that she had gone back in time to when they first got here. There was now a five year difference between her and her friends.

"Is that anyway to greet your best friend?" Cherry asked.

Wind put her sword away and hugged her friend.

"I'm sorry, Cherry. It's been so long since I saw you guys." Wind said as she got up.

"Even longer for us." Cherry said.

"How is everyone else? I haven't seen any of you guys lately." Wind said.

"Well, Applespice has been busy tending to the farm, Marigold took over her mom's business, Comet is studying to be a teacher, and Shadow hasn't been seen since the overlord took over." Cherry said.

"That sucks." Wind replied.

"So, what brings the royal body guard to our neck of Ponyville?" Cherry asked as she followed Wind inside the house.

"Well, to start, Nightmare Moon has returned." Wind said.

"Really, how did that happen?" Cherry asked.

"I'm not sure. We're trying to find the royal oracle to hopefully shed some light on the situation. According to the archives, he used to live here." Wind said as she looked around.

"What are we looking for anyway?" Discord asked.

"Anything that might give us a clue as to where Quill might've gone to." Wind said as she picked a small notebook.

She flipped it open and read an entry.

'It seems that Princess Celestia is no longer in need of my services. I just hope she knows what she is doing.' It read.

It was dated about six years ago. She flipped ahead to the last entry.

'I have recently gotten a vision of a great evil that will take over the land, resulting in Princess Luna being corrupted once more by the nightmare mist. Princess Celestia will not heed my warnings. I will save myself and my family by retreating to the only place shielded from this evil, the Crystal Empire. I only hope that my wife will listen to me this time.'

"What is that?" Midnight asked.

"It's Quill's journal. It says that he retreated to the Crystal Empire before the overlord came into power. It's not much, but, it's something to go on. We may need to round up the old gang, Cherry." Wind said.

Cherry squealed as they left the ruined house and headed to the Carousal Boutique.