Canterlot. Crown jewel of Equestria and home to both Celestia and Luna. Ponies from all over the country come to Canterlot to make requests to Celestia while others come to find success in life.

Today though, both sisters had the day off to relax. Both sisters were happily enjoying the warm water of their hot baths. Celestia was happily sitting near the edge of the bath while Luna completely submerged herself underwater.

Cadence had been asked to retrieve something from Celestia’s bedroom to further explain about her father. Cadence hadn't stopped asking questions even after she was initially introduced.

Celestia felt a tap on her shoulder, looking to her left she saw Luna.

“How long must she take to find a simple journal?” Luna asked, growing impatient from the wait. Celestia sighed.

“Luna, this is my personal journal. I have to keep it hidden in case somepony tried to take it.” Celestia answered, earning a questioning look from her sister.

Without warning, both sisters were blinded by a pink flash before seeing Cadence holding the item in question. It was a small red leather journal with a dragon's claw mark on the cover. Looking at her niece, Celestia saw Cadence with a few burnt marks and her mane singed.

“Lasers!? Really!?” Cadence exclaimed, outraged by what he went through. Celestia could only chuckle nervously while Luna erupted into a fit of laughter.

“I guess it slipped my mind.” Celestia muttered, twiddling her thumbs. Cadence groaned loudly before tossing the book at her aunt, whom then caught it in her magical grasp. Opening the journal and flipping through pages, Celestia looked for a specific page before finally stopping.

“So? Are you two going to tell me anything about him?” Cadence said as she walked into the bath after disrobing. She let out a blissful sigh as she lowered herself into the water.

“Well, you know that he's our father.” Luna said, breaking the ice.

“And that he's even more powerful than any of us.” Celestia added afterwards. Luna nodded slightly to her sister.

“But don't you ever wonder why we're just princesses? Why we're not known as The Queens of Night and Day?” Celestia asked her niece. The latter only scrubbed her mane, cleaning the ashes off her mane.

“Now you mention it, yeah. I mean, I've wondered about that when I was still a princess in training and never thought of it since I started dating Shining but why are you only a princess?” Cadence said, answering the question with another question.

“The answer to that is quite simple. Becoming a Queen not only needs a suitor to marry, but also the blessing of the current ruler, The King. Our Father is the true sovereign of Equestria, Equis and beyond.” Celestia explained. Cadence gave a wide eyed stare. Luna had gotten out of the bath through the explanation and was drying herself with a towel.

“W-what do mean and beyond?” Cadence finally said, stuttering at the beginning of her sentence. Celestia chuckled lightly.

“It means just that. To put in a simple manner and to avoid any further explanations, our father is a God. A God of what you may ask, everything.” Luna said as a blue aura like whirling circled around her, slowly dressing her in her long sleeveless dress.

“How? I mean, how can someone be so powerful?” Cadence asked. Celestia couldn't help but smile at her niece's amazement.

“It's not that simple, in order to understand his power, you need to understand the universe itself.” Celestia said. Cadence was speechless, her aunts are the children of a being with unmatched power. Celestia took the silence as a means to end her bath and slowly got out as well.

Luna saw the look on Cadence before turning towards her fully dressed sister. Raising a brow, Luna looked at her only getting a shrug from her sister as she walked passed her.

Celestia opened the door slightly, enough for her to slip through and not allow the two guards outside to peek inside. Celestia saw the two guards sitting on the floor playing cards.

One of them sighed as she placed her cards down, revealing her hand. Her partner had a smirk before his face turned to one of shock.

“I never win shit…” The Guardsmare said before looking at both hands. “Oh I guess I won. Neat!” She exclaimed with a smile on her face. Celestia didn't bother them, opting to walk by silently.

Celestia headed towards the gardens, her favorite place in the entire palace besides the bakery.

The sounds of hoofsteps echoed through the hall, Celestial noted the lack of Guards patrolling the halls and made a mental note to notify Shining Armor about it. Walking under an archway, leading Celestia towards the hall of murals.

Though she did not look at the murals, she couldn't help but smile as she passed by them. Passing under another archway, Celestia had only taken one step into the next hall before being lifted off the ground.

Blinking in surprise, Celestia saw the state of the hall. Everything not nailed down to the floor had been lifted off the ground and left suspended in the air.

“Sorry, I guess a little bit of chaos leaked out.” She heard a familiar voice before being dropped onto the floor. Landing on her hooves, Celestia could only wince at the sounds of fragile furniture shattering onto the ground.

“Discord, I told you not to mess with gravity.” Celestia said, crossing her arms under her breasts. The shattered pieces of glass soon flew off the ground and began piecing themselves together into a familiar Draconequus. Once the final piece was in place, he had snapped his taloned fingers in a familiar fashion before his body was enveloped in an orange glow. Once the glow subsided, he was revealed wearing his usual attire.

The Chaos Spirit’s attire consisted of a tan vest, a white dress shirt, a solid color slim tie in Mint Green and a pair of slim fit flat front pants in branch brown.

“Again, I'm sorry but it's not-” Discord started but stopped as Celestia raised her hand.

“No excuses, Discord.” Celestia said, lowering her hand. Discord lowered himself onto the ground.

“Come on, I didn't harm anyone. It was a harmless change of gravity.” The spirit whined. Celestia knew that was true but that didn't change what he had done but…

“Alright, I won't punish you this time but don't think I'll give you another chance.” Celestia said with a small glare, earning a mock salute from Discord before walking passed him.

“So… do you have anything planned today?” Discord asked as he caught up with the Alicorn.

“I was heading to the gardens.” Celestia answered before looking at the Chaos spirit to her right. “Care to join me?” She asked.

“I'd be delighted to.” Discord answered with a nod. Both of them walked the halls, conversing with one another about their day so far. Celestia had asked several times if Discord had talked with her father only for him to avoid the question with another.

After arriving at the Gardens, Celestia had enough of Discord avoiding her one question but stayed silent for now. The two of them had walked around the garden, admiring the work of the gardeners.

Once they had arrived at the roses, Discord picked as single rose before placing on Celestia’s ear, earning a blush from the latter. They enjoyed each other's company, though they don't show it around in public.

After almost an hour of admiring the Gardens, the pair had sat on a bench under a sakura tree. One of the gardeners, a stallion from Neighpon, had planted this tree as a gift to Celestia.

After moments of silence, Celestia looked at Discord.

“Discord, be honest with me. Have you talked with my father yet?” Celestia asked the chaos spirit with her. The latter sighed before shaking his head and burying it in his mismatched hands.

“No. To be honest, I don't think I can face him. I betrayed his trust.” Discord said, sadness in his tone. Celestia scooted closer to him before placing a hand on his shoulder.

“You weren't in control, you didn't know it could've caused it.” She said in a comforting manner. Discord could only chuckle lightly. A memory of The Great City of Skuldafn.

“I knew what I was getting into but that didn't stop me, it didn't stop the killing nor the destruction.” Discord said as echoes of the voices he had once heard, repeating the same words. Traitor.

“YOU weren't in control, like I said. I know you, Discord and you wouldn't hurt anyone without a reason.” Celestia tried once more, comforting him, trying to tell him that it wasn't his fault.

“Yet I made an unkillable parasite, dooming the city. Celestia, I know you're trying to say it wasn't but it was, you know it, He knows it...I know it.” Discord stated, looking up at the leaves above. Celestia only wrapped her arms around him as soon as she say the single tear drop.

“You were always nice to me.” Celestia heard him mutter. Pulling back slightly, she saw Discord hadn't moved his gaze. “I never asked you why.”

A little smile formed on Celestia. She gave him a kiss on the cheek, an answer Discord was never used to. A blush formed on the Chaos spirit's face as he looked at the princess next to him.

“Right.” He said with the blush on his cheeks. The smile left Celestia face, she frowned slightly.

“When the chance arises, talk to him. I know he won't hurt you, even if you've done what had been done long ago. You know why he wanted to personally teach you, correct?” Celestia said, finishing with a question. Discord’s shoulders sagged as he remembered.

“He said that I was special.” He answered, looking back at the alicorn princess next to him. Celestia smiled at him.

“I was there remember. That's when we first met.” She said with a loving smile. Discord nodded.

He opened his mouth to speak but stopped, hearing a loud thunderclap. Discord stood up and walked out from under the tree, seeing nothing in the sky but the sun.

That's when he felt it, the familiar presence he felt before. It was Saanvodkiin, no doubt about that. Discord looked back at Celestia, seeing her standing up from the bench.

“Speak of the devil and he shall come.” Discord muttered as The First came into view. The sounds of his wing flapping were heard.

Discord was nervous, those around him were quite sure of this. After seeing Saanvodkiin land in the courtyard, he and Celestia were walking towards the courtyard in a hurry.

Both of them worried about the same thing, the guards. The Guards were never notified of The First neither was Shining Armor.

Arriving at the large doors that led out to the courtyard, Discord placed his lion hand on the wood of the door. He felt a hand on his shoulder. No encouragement was needed and Discord pushed the doors open, seeing the guards surrounding Saanvodkiin. The latter stood in silence before his gaze landed on The Chaos Spirit.

Saanvodkiin raised a brow before flicking his wrist, causing the guards to be flung away by an invisible force. Saanvodkiin walked towards the couple in front of him, his glare was cold as death's sweet embrace.

He looked down at them, his towering figure frightened Discord to no end.

“I should kill you where you stand for what you've done.” The First growled as he unsheathed his blade and pointed it at the Chaos spirit. Discord did nothing, he waited for the worst. He opened his eyes, seeing the hilt of the sword pointing at him.

“But I believe in second chances to those who deserve it.” The First said. His hardened glare changed into a calm look. “I believe this is yours.” He said, referring to the sword.

Discord took hold of the hilt before The First let go. The sword was heavier than he remembers.

“I have come here for… an explanation. Sulzalzil, why are there two more alicorns?” It was with that single question that Celestia had swallowed a bit of fear.

“Um, it's a-a long s-story.” She answered, looking up at her father. The First crouched down.

“I have time.” He said before straightening back up.

“Let's head inside first, I'm sure you are tired from your flight.” Celestia said before opening the large doors in a golden aura. Her father nodded.

Once both Discord and Celestia were inside, Saanvodkiin looked back at the unconscious guards before shaking his head in disapproval and heading inside as the doors closed behind him.

Author's Note

I hope this makes up for the wait.

Edited by CommanderWolffe