Canterlot Castle throne room

As the doors to the throne room swung open, in came Twilight Sparkle and her friends the living embodiments of the Elements of harmony. Seeing them gave Celestia a bit of reassurance for what they were about to face, for she did not want to face his return alone.

“Twilight my dear student, thank my mother you’re here” Celestia said as she rose from her thrown meeting Twilight in a friendly hug.

“We came as fast as we could, but if you don’t mind me asking princess what is it that has you so worried, you letter was very....descriptive ehehe” Twilight said as she pulled out of the hug. Celestia did not answer at first instead she summoned a small table and enough chairs for the seven mare and one drake to sit comfortably around.

“Please everyone sit it will help to make this easier to explain” Celestia said taking a seat for her own use.

“Why thanks you princess but surely what ever it is that has you worried we can completely handle it” Rarity said as she got herself comfortable, Spike ever the young goofy dragon was instantly by here side.

“Oh Rarity how I wish it were so easy of a task, though I fear he will simply see you all as an annoyance in his way of his main goal” Celestia said while doing her best to calm her nerves and keep from running, but at the mention of a he and not a name earned of few glances of confusion from the Elements and dragon.

“Princess not to be rude but who are ya talk’n bout exactly” Applejack asked as she chewed on a short piece of hay.

“Yeah is he a big meanie pants whose always grumpy and like to steal everyone’s cake” the ever hyper Pinkie asked getting a look from Rainbow Dash that basically said “seriously”.

“Not quite Pinkie Pie, tell me what do you all know of Equestrian mythology?” Celestia asked, getting mixed replies of not very much to some like Twilight and surprisingly Rarity know nearly all of it.

“Mythology. Boorriiinng well except for this one guy he like super cool and everything” Rainbow Dash said with some enthusiasm.

“Interesting tell me honestly what do you know of The Wolf King?” Celestia said

“Not much”

“Nothing”

“Never heard of em”

“Is he a king of timberwolves”

Celestia had to giggle at that last one, she had to admit that Pinkie pie always had a way of making ponies laugh.

“To start off the myth of The Wolf King is more fact and reality then it is legend” Celestia stated.

“How do ya reckon so Princess ah mean not ya be dude en all but the guys a myth, isn’t” Applejack asked.

"No he was and is very real, dear Applejack, I know this because I once knew his as a friend and as the one and only being in Equestria to hold the rank of Lord Commander of Equestria’s ancient armies, and He blames” Celestia said before mumbling the last part, trying to hide something she was saddened by.

“Oh um could you repeat that please princess” Fluttershy squeaked out.

“I said he blames me for Luna’s banishment” Celestia said with her head hung low in shame and regret. This revelation caused the girls and Spike to gasp collectively, the thoughts that were running through theirs minds were that of shock and more confusion.

“Well what the hay would he blame you for I mean it’s not....like.... he...wait second Princess did he Love your sister?” Rainbow Dash asked now having sat up straight in her seat eagerly waiting an answer.

“He did and stills does because at the time or Luna’s banishment they were marefriend and coltfriend” Celestia explained.

“Hold up ther princess if he done loved sister back then an given a thousand has passed wouldn’t he be ya know ded?” Applejack asked interrupting the Solar regent. Celestia look at the farmer mare and sighed.

“No dear Applejack I’m afraid he did not die that long ago. When our Mother Faust learned of their love for each other she feared that Luna would be heartbroken to watch him grow old and die while she remained young forever, so through the use of an ancient ritual she blessed him with immortality so they could be happy together for all time” Celestia said as a single tear slid down her cheek, before she silently started to cry a bit while she hid behind her ethereal rainbow mane.

“But why? Why does would he hate you princess heck you haven’t done anything to him” Pinkie said her normal overly excited emotional state now gone replaced with a look of concern.

Celestia raises her head to look then in the eye. “How I wish that were true Pinkie Pie, he blames me for Luna’s fall to darkness. He said I pushed Luna aside so that I could constantly bask in the love and admiration of our subjects which is what led me to having to imprison him”

She then pulled back part of her dress to reveal a large scar running down her left side, all of the girls and even spike gasp in horror at what they now saw.

“Ulfric did this shortly after witnessing me seal Luna into the moon, I’d never seen so much anger and hate from someone whom I had come to call part of my family all because of a single thing I did” Celestia said covering herself back up. For the next thirty or so minutes Celestia was bombarded with question after question on who Ulfric was, what he was and how to best deal with him. It was until they had gotten into a full blown shouting match that it was Fluttershy who brought it to an abrupt end.

“EVERYPONY STOP!!!!!!!!” The buttercream mare screamed at the top of her lungs, easily shocking her friends and even princess.

“Just stop and listen” she said, to them, instantly they listen when th ears twitching and swiveling they started to here something that wasn’t previously there when they were shouting. It was the sounds or weapons clashing and the castle alarm klaxon blaring.

“Oh no” Celestia said becoming frightened

“He’s here”

Author's Note

Dun dun duuuuun