Waiting on Harmony

It's another day in the throne room of Canterlot Castle; Celestia's sun shines overhead, guards patrol the extensive network of hallways in the castle, and a few people came by to pay their respects to their princesses, Celestia and Luna. Celestia wore her pure white dress and golden crown, which rested atop her pastel colored hair, while Luna wore her dark blue dress and black crown, which sat atop of her hair, which resembles a starry night sky. The two sisters sit in their thrones adjacent to the other, and let the time tick by. After the last of their visitors left a layer of silence  overtakes the room, and the two sisters, all caught up after Luna's return from imprisonment, are left in an awkward silence. The way the royal guards stood motionless didn't help either; each of their sets of armor are enchanted so they all look uniform, but this only helps to make the room all the more uncomfortable. Being the Night Goddess Luna needed to get some rest during the day, and sees this as an acceptable reason to excuse herself. "If no others will come today sister I shall take my leave" she said. The sudden introduction of sound into the silenced room caused a daydreaming Celestia to snap back to reality "Yes dear sister. I'll handle any other visitors today."

After Luna had exited the room Celestia's mind began to drift again. She thought of how Luna never had to most of her days within the confines of the castle, and could leave athe times of night where nobody was around to swamp her with their questions, opinions, or affection when all she wants to do is relax. She didn't dwell on these thoughts though. She cared for all of her subjects, and wanted to make sure they were as happy as possible. She just wanted to have some alone time outside the castle so she could enjoy the scenery of the land she ruled over with her sister, and not just its people.

Still deep in within her mind, the Sun Goddess didn't notice the small portal opening up in the center of the room. It wasn't more than a small vortex that was only a few inches wide, and its dim glow wasn't very attention grabbing, but it soon grew. Growing in size rapidly, from a few inches to a few feet, it rose into the air, finally catching the eye of the now surprised Celestia. The royal guards saw it too, and moved into action, forming a protective barrier of armor between their ruler and the strange portal. One of the gaurds slowly walked back towards Celestia, careful not to take his eyes off of the mysterious portal "Shall I send for an escort to your chambers your Majesty?". The princess snapped out of her wonder and replied with a strangely nonchalant "No."

"No?"

"There is no need Shining Armor. I told my sister that I will deal with any more visitors, and that's what I'm going to do." the last words weren't able to hide her excitement.

The portal was now hovering just above the gaurds' heads, and they were watching it intently. However, that's all they were doing. Nothing was happening, and now the situation was similar to how it was a couple minutes prior; the guards stood perfectly still, and Celestia was getting bored again. She was about to drift off again when there was a faint sound coming from the swirling vortex. "Sounds like screaming." Celestia said. This prompted Shining Armor to prepare for the worst, and as captain of the royal guard he had to do his best to protect the princesses "Bring in some pegasi to surround that thing from above!"

The screams got louder, and louder, until out of the vortex fell six boys, each groaning as they individually tried to get up. The small army of gaurds that had gathered pointed their weapons towards the six bewildered intruders. The first to fully come to could only stare wide eyed at the wall of armor, muscle, and weaponry towering before him. The others were also coming to, and shared the first's expression. Shining Armor moved towards the group and with both anger and authority as he spoke to them "Why have you come here?" Each member only looked around to one another, but only looked more confused than before. Shining Armor asked again, but with more anger "I said. Why have you come here?!" "Calm down Shining Armor" the captain looked back towards the voice to see it was Celestia herself. She continued as she walked up to him "There is no need to be so hostile. They obviously are taken aback by their sudden arrival.". She then placed herself in front of the group that was still lying on the ground, and used her magic the lift each up onto their feet.

"Lets start with your names."

Each looked around at  one another until one finally spoke "My name is Gary." Looking towards the others they each told their names as well. "I'm Richard" "Connor" "Christian" "Just call me Advent" "Call me Nare".

Celestia looked at Shining Armor "See. Not so hard." Shining Armor still wasn't sure about them "What if this is a front? What if they're lying?" Celestia chuckled at this "They don't even have horns, and they're obviously not as strong as you or any of the other guards. What could they possibly do?" Shining Armor couldn't deny any of it, and signaled most of the guards to disperse "I'm staying here to watch them." Celestia let out another chuckle "If you want to." The six boys were still dumbfounded by what was going on.

"Connor?"

"Yeah Christian?"

"How old was that pizza?"

"A couple days."

"i think it went bad. I'm hallucinating that we're surrounded by buff, identical, armed guards, and that we fell through a hole in the floor of your kitchen."

"You might be right, cuz I do too."

"What about us?" Advent said

"Well you can't go on a hallucinogenic journey without your friends."

"As right as that is, I'm not sure if this is a hallucination."

"What else could it be then?"

Celestia took this chance to intervene on the conversation "Magic."

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