The Authorities

Four Hours Prior to the Last Chapter

Princess Celestia was very tired, she didn't feel very energized even with the power of the sun by her side. She was sitting upon her throne in her throne room, waiting for ponies to arrive at day court and explain their problems.

"Sister, are you alright?"

The white alicorn removed her gaze from the two massive doors and looked to her right, a dark blue alicorn was worryingly looking at her.

"Yes, Lulu, I am fine," Celestia reassured, "I'm just tired of my ponies and their ridiculously simple problems that don't require my aid," Celestia's face turned to concern, "And shouldn't you be asleep?"

"I do not require as much rest as you do Tia," Luna replied, "And you should take the day off, I can see the amount of stress and fatigue on your face."

"I'm tired from that strong headache from a day ago and my ponies need me, I cannot leave my duty."

"Tia, I cannot see you like this, go take this day off and maybe the next one too, I will be maintaining your day court until your return."

"Are you sure? I mean much can go astray during my leave and what if―"

Celestia was cut off as a dark blue hoof rested on her shoulder, "Tia, I already held your day court once several moons ago and nothing went amiss, you must trust me on this."

Celestia gave a blank stare at her sister before sighing, "Alright, Lulu, I will trust you for now. Don't believe that I ignored your," Celestia brought a hoof up and coughed, "accident when you held court last time."

Luna's face lightly reddened as she recalled her actions when holding day court from before, "I thought we were to never speak of that again," she said whilst looking away embarrassed.

Celestia smiled and turned to her two guards who haven't moved an inch since the beginning of day court.

"Guards!" they both turned their heads, "Notify Canterlot of my absence and Princess Luna will be holding the rest of day court until my return."

"Yes your highness!" the guards saluted and galloped out the throne room.

Celestia stood up and turned to Luna, "Please be safe and don't be too drastic about some of the ponies problems. It might get a little frustrating after awhile."

"I will be fine," Luna said, "and be safe too."

"I will," Celestia wrapped a foreleg around her sister and headed to her room to prepare.

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Celestia had finally reached her room, 'I swear, these hallways are getting longer and longer,' she pushed one of the massive doors leading to her room with her magic and then she entered and closed it.

Her room was very large mostly because she was rather large herself. The walls were lined with gray hardened stone with a few touches of white and gold here and there. Her bed was on the right wall and was massive too, it could probably fit several full grown ponies. Straight ahead was a balcony that she used to watch, raise, and lower the sun.

Celestia smiled as she walked over to a table which had a purple pillow resting on it. She removed her shoes, regalia, and her crown, placing them carefully on the pillow. She then turned and started packing items into her gold-lined white saddlebags. She felt giddy, she could have the entire day off and the one after that too! Celestia hastily packed everything from a few books to food that maids had left earlier. She finished and pulled the heavy saddlebags on, pulling them secure. She now could do anything she wanted to. She grinned from ear to ear as she pondered about the possibilities. She was about to start her journey until she heard the sound of hooves landing on the floor.

"Message to Princess Celestia!" a pony said.

Celestia turned her head towards the balcony and saw a gray pegasus mare holding a letter towards her. She took the letter in her magic and smiled warmly, "Thank you my little pony," the gray mare smiled and nodded, before leaving Celestia and the letter alone.

'I wonder what this could be?' Celestia thought as she opened the letter and read it.

To the Princesses of the Sun and Moon,

I have been notified of some sort of dangerous creature lurking in the Everfree forest, one of the Elements have caught sight of it but ran away. She has not described to us this creature as she is unresponsive and it may have traumatized her. We hope that you are able to aid us in a search for this creature. We anxiously await your response.

From the Mayor of Ponyville.

Celestia's eyes slightly widened as she finished reading, 'This could just be a timberwolf incident or maybe a manticore one. Fluttershy handled the manticore flawlessly, though without anypony's help,' Celestia stood in her room deciding the best course of action for the incident. She could hoof over the problem to her sister and be on her way but Luna was most likely busy now and Celestia didn't like giving her sister more work, 'I'll fly on by to the Everfree and have a look for myself,' Celestia trotted to her balcony and spread her wings, 'It shouldn't take too long hopefully,' Celestia thought as she took off and flew towards the small town of Ponyville.

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"Fluttershy dear! Please open the door! It's been a day since you've come outside!" a purple-maned white pony yelled loudly whilst knocking on the door of Fluttershy's cottage.

No response. Not even from the animals who have mysteriously disappeared.

"Any luck Rares?"

Rarity turned her head and saw an orange earth pony trot up to her, "Unfortunately no, but she took some food I have left at her door earlier this morning when she didn't show up at the spa today," she looked down sadly, "I was worried for the poor dear since she usually doesn't turn down a time at the spa with me."

"Ah tried to get Rainbow but she's dealing with somethin' in Cloudsdale."

"Well at least we've tried," Rarity looked back at the door before turning back, "Have you asked Twilight yet?" she asked.

Applejack grinned, "Why didn't ah think of that?! I'll head on over to Twi's place," she then pointed to the door, "You stay here and help Flutters if ya can."

Rarity nodded, "Will do AJ, and please hurry, the poor dear won't last long in her cottage."

The farmspony nodded and galloped at great speeds towards the massive crystal castle. Rarity watched the orange figure fade and disappear past the hills. She sighed and turned to knock again until she heard the sound of flapping wings.

She turned and saw a tall white alicorn landing a few feet away from her. She noticed that the Princess was not wearing her royal attire. She immediately bowed as the Princess walked towards her.

"Rise my little pony, no need for that today," the white alicorn spoke.

"Princess Celestia! It's a pleasure to meet you again!" Rarity bowed again.

"Please Rarity, no need for such formalities, I am currently taking a vacation."

"Oh, that explains why you aren't wearing your magnificent attire. I would recommend Princess, that you should keep it on wherever you go, you look...plain and unprofessional without it."

"Thank you for your suggestion, but I am curious for why you were yelling loudly, I could hear you from high up in the sky."

Rarity lightly blushed, 'Was I really that loud?' she shook off the thought and looked up at the Princess, "Well you see Princess, my friend here, Fluttershy, for some dreadful reason won't set hoof out of her cottage. I'm beginning to become worried for the poor dear."

"Whats the cause for this?" Celestia asked concerned.

"I think it was something having to do with a dangerous creature in the Everfree. I'm not sure Princess," Rarity replied.

'She must have been the one that encountered the creature,' Celestia thought. If she was the one that saw the thing, there's a high possibility that she won't be coming out of her cottage for awhile, "I will go and search for the creature."

Rarity's eyes widened in horror, "What?! Princess, why would you do such a perilous task?"

"My sister is currently busy running day court and has not gotten news of this incident," the princess looked towards the dark thick forest, "You need somepony to deal with the problem, correct?" Rarity hesitantly nodded, "Then I will go, I can handle a few dangerous creatures."

Rarity looked at the forest then at the white alicorn. She mentally sighed and decided that the Princess could handle this, "Alright Princess, I'll stay here and try to help Fluttershy."

Celestia nodded, she turned towards the forest, spreading her wings and flew low over the forest.

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Celestia had been flying for what felt like hours, 'Some vacation this is,' she sighed heavily. As she flew she saw a large lake, 'Maybe I'll stop and take a short break,' she descended and glided towards the forest floor, being careful to not clip her massive white wings on the very closely packed trees. She exited the darkness of the forest to take a long refreshing drink at the lake but she stopped at the edge seeing something, no, somepony in the water. Her eyes widened in surprise and confusion when she saw what was in the water. Ahead of her were two ponies, one had a dark blue coat and a flowing blue ethereal mane, the other one also had a flowing mane but it was multicolored and it had white coat covered in what she assumed was blood. Celestia cringed at the assumption.

Celestia was more concerned about the ponies that looked exactly like her and her sister, 'This very well could be changelings,' she thought as she watched to two seem to sit in the water and not make any eye contact. Her horn slightly glowed as she casted an eavesdropping spell near the two alicorns. The dark blue alicorn then looked up at the white alicorn, face void of any emotions. Celestia noticed that the dark blue one started to tear up. Celestia didn't know why but she felt pity for the alicorn, even though it wasn't her sister. Hopefully.

Celestia's eyes widened as the dark blue alicorn then sprung up into the air and landed in front of the white one, water splashed everywhere, obstructing Celestia's view for a moment. As the water settled, she saw the dark blue alicorn hugging the white alicorn, the white alicorn seemed to sit there stunned until she started to rub the dark blue alicorn's back, in an attempt to calm her. Celestia wondered what might've caused these two to end up like that. She was startled by a bright cyan flash behind her, Celestia turned her head and saw her sister trotting up to her, "Sister, I've just received a letter say that there's a dangerous creature in the Everfree fooor...? Luna trailed off as she saw the two alicorns hugging in the water.

"Shush, Lulu, I think those are the 'creatures'," Celestia said as she returned her gaze on the two again, "And keep your voice down."

"Sister, I can see that this is a trap, these two are obviously changelings trying to lure you in," Luna said as she walked forward, horn glowing, "I'll deal with them," she was immediately pulled back by her tail.

"No, I've been watching these two for awhile, they haven't done anything harsh and if they were changelings, they would've dropped their disguises already as it requires a significant amount of magical energy to use."

Luna stared at the two, "...You make a good point," she said as she casted her own eavesdropping spell.

The two Royal sisters sat down, covered by the shrubbery and trees as they watched the two. The only thing they could hear is the soft sobbing of the dark blue alicorn. Luna felt bad, it was like seeing herself after her thousand year banishment, running up to her sister and sobbing. Saying that she was sorry for everything and how much she missed her sister.

"I d-don't hate y-you, I-I love you...big sis," the dark alicorn stuttered before burying her head into her sister's chest. The white pony seemed surprised at the words but ignoring it, she wrapped her forelegs and two massive wings around the weeping dark blue alicorn.

Both the Royal alicorn's mouths curled up into a sad smile before Celestia said something, "That confirms it Lulu, I am sure that these two are not changelings."

Luna slowly nodded before remembering something, "Sister, I just forgot, I sent out a few thestral patrols into the Everfree earlier after I received the letter!"

Celestia's face turned to concern, "Then you must go and call off the patrols, these two may seem like innocent ponies, but they are alicorns, most likely very powerful. We don't need them panicking when we greet them."

Luna nodded as she turned and galloped into the forest, seeking a better route around the two ponies. Celestia returned her gaze on the two alicorns who were still hugging in silence. Celestia laid down on her stomach, 'This will be awhile,' she thought as the two separated from their hug, smiling sadly.

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Celestia had casted an invisibility spell when the two started to move deeper into the forest. The white alicorn had picked up what looked to be an L-shaped object and strapped it to her right flank. Strange. When they had moved deeper into the forest away from the lake, Celestia had found what could be their camp. The white alicorn had thrown own some sort of boxy vest and picked up what looked to be a boxy object with a tube sticking out the front then a sharp blade attached to the end. It could've been a strangely made spear but who knows. The white alicorn had gone somewhere to go hunting for food while the dark blue one was playing around with a timberwolf pup. These were a strange trio, Celestia had expected the timberwolf pup to run into the water and attack the two, but they all just ended up playing around. How did they manage to tame a timberwolf? Nopony in Equestria has ever owned a timberwolf before.

Currently, Celestia was once again, hiding in the bushes while the dark blue alicorn was lying on her back, wings splayed, and playing around with the timberwolf pup. She had her hooves vertically while the pup stood on them, happily barking. The dark blue alicorn giggled as the pup jumped and landed on her stomach with an 'oof'.

"Ow, don't do that again Oakley," the wolf gave a whine, Celestia guessed Oakley said 'sorry'. Earlier, the two argued on what they should've named the pup, the white alicorn had wanted 'Scooby' or 'Morning Wood' for some reason, the dark blue alicorn obviously did not like those names so she suggested Oakley, the white one seemed to shrug while the pup jumped around the two, happily barking and so they called him Oakley.

Celestia was jerked from her thoughts as the white alicorn galloped out of the forest, panting heavily. The dark blue alicorn gently pushed Oakley off who whined a little, "Celly? What happened, what'd you do?"

"I...I made a discovery!" 'Celly' said. A little strange that the alicorn that looked exactly like Celestia had a similar name, but she shrugged it off.

"What? What'd you find this time?"

"I f-found a weird medieval castle h...half a mile from here," Celly gasped. Celestia knew this was their old castle they had abandoned after the banishment of Nightmare Moon, "Also I fucking got my pride back! You also got it too!" she grinned happily. Celestia flinched it was like hearing herself cuss.

The dark blue alicorn tilted her head, so did Celestia, "What? What do you mean? I'm pretty sure you're a girl now and you 'checked' last time and I've been one ever since"

"Here lemme show you."

"Wha―" she was cut off as Celly whipped a hoof to the dark blue alicorn's horn and quickly slid it down to the base. The alicorn gave a lust moan as her wings sprung out. Celestia blushed as she watched. The dark blue alicorn forcefully shoved Celly away, "WHAT THE FUCK CELLY?!" she yelled, blushing profusely.

Both Celly and Oakley had a look of slight fear on their faces as they backed up, "Oh shit Oakley, we gotta get outta here!" the wolf barked in agreement before hopping onto Celly's back as she galloped into the forest laughing.

The dark blue alicorn watched the two disappear before shaking her head and laying down and closing her eyes, "Celly needs to learn personal space..." she murmured.

Celestia was still sitting in the bushes with a rosy blush, 'How do these two tolerate each other? Even Lulu and I don't do things like that,' she heard a faint flap of wings behind her as she turned her head.

"Sister, I have called off most of the patrols but one is still missing," Luna noticed Celestia's blush, "Um, are you alright sister? You look like you are burning."

"Uh, yes, I am fine Lulu," Celestia shook her head, trying to get rid of the heat, "But can you not use your magic to call off the last patrol?"

"No, I can not, my guards are mainly for sneaking around to stay hidden and any magical disturbances that appear around them could endanger their mission."

Celestia was about to speak when a few loud claps similar to thunder cracked in the forest.

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Lyna's eyes snapped open as her head whipped in the direction of the sound. She watched as Celly ran out of the forest on her hindlegs, holding both the rifle and Oakley. She dropped off Oakley at Lyna's hooves who wrapped them around the pup.

"What happened Celly?" Lyna asked, concerned and worryingly.

"I got the fucking police on my ass!" Celly yelled as she turned and aimed her weapon towards the forest. Then two gray ponies in light blue armor galloped out of the forest, one had its short sword drawn and the other had a crossbow strapped to its side. The one with the crossbow had some sort of trigger mechanism in his mouth, 'Weird' Celly thought.

"Halt! Drop your weapons immediately and do not move!" one with the sword yelled.

"How about you two turn around and suck each other off!" Celly retorted. The two guards flinched as they looked at each other, not expecting such an answer.

Lyna noticed that Celly had a new addition to her equipment. Lyna recognized it was an 'M84 flashbang' that Celly had taught her awhile back. Celly leaned towards Lyna, "I'm gonna flash em'," she whispered, Lyna nodded as she covered Oakley's eyes with her hooves and tightly shut hers.

"Alright boys! I surrender," Celly reached for the stun grenade on her vest, the pin was hooked onto the vest which made a small click as it was pulled out, the two guards not noticing that the grenade was now armed, "Uh, here's the weapon that can destroy your entire planet!" Celly said as she threw the grenade towards the two and squinted, slightly turning her head, not closing her eyes because she's been flashed enough times from extensive training and her dick friends. Celly was able to recover in about a second or two, faster than most soldiers in the military, of course, there's still the stumbling and stuff but she considered it as an achievement.

The two gray ponies quizzically looked at the cylindrical object as it rolled towards them, "What is―" he was cut off as the object exploded, sending an ear-splitting noise. The two ponies screamed as they tried to rub their eyes, "I'm blind! Help me!"

Celly had the white effects dulled almost immediately but she felt slightly nauseous from the sound, stumbled and fell in front of Lyna, a slight 'thunck' was heard as she suppressed a yelp and a grunt from the pain of the fall. Lyna snapped her eyes open and saw Celly standing up in front of her, "Get on my back!"

Lyna didn't hesitate as she grabbed Oakley with a foreleg and with hopped up with a flap of her wings, she landed on Celly's back who spread her gigantic wings and quickly took off at speeds that could rival a small plane.

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Lyna sat on Celly's back, hugging her neck tightly, Lyna was scared of heights. She could fly a few meters from the ground at slow speeds but Celly was punching the throttle, going at extremely fast speeds. Lyna wondered how Celly learned to fly easily within a day or two, "Um, Celly, could you slow down?"

"Oh, yeah, sorry," Celly said as she slowed down to a glide. Oakley let out a few whimpers.

"Shh, it's okay Oakley, we'll be fine, they're is gone for now," she petted Oakley but he whined some more before looking backward. Lyna followed his gaze as her eyes widened at what she saw: a wooden arrow was jutting from Celly's left thigh, right under her strange sun tattoo, bleeding a trail of crimson as she flew, "WHAT?! Celly, when did you hit?!"

Celly turned her head and saw the arrow, "Uh, I dunno, maybe when I fell," she remembered feeling a lot of pain when falling, which was unusual for such a short fall, maybe the adrenaline dulled the pain. It was most likely still dulling the pain but Celly could feel it wearing off.

"Well, land! I don't want you passing out in midair."

"Not until we're at the old castle, it's just up ahead," Lyna looked forwards and saw the shape of an old gray castle quickly coming into view.

"Alright but hurry," Celly gave a pained nod, the effects of adrenaline fully gone, pain seeping in and clouding her thoughts.

They had reached the castle, it was old and covered in vines and moss and looked like something that came out of Disney. Celly saw a path leading to the entrance of the castle as she descended slowly and landed on it, grunting from the spike of pain in her left thigh. Lyna and Oakley dismounted as Oakley whimpered. Celly ignored the pain as best as she could before walking towards the two massive open doors.

"Stop! Dude, lemme pull that arrow out first!" Lyna yelled as she stood in front of Celly."

Celly stared at her, "Lyna, if you pull this arrow out, I'll bleed to death, right now we have nothing but what I have on me," Celly said calmly, "And everything on me right now won't work as a bandage."

Lyna stood there staring at Celly, 'She's right...' Lyna thought as she sighed and stepped aside, "But please hurry," Lyna said as she turned and galloped towards the castle to find something that might work as a bandage.

Celly smiled as she walked forward, 'She cares too much,' Oakley whimpered as he walked alongside Celly, "I'll be fine Oakley, now get on," she bent down as Oakley jumped on her back. Celly painfully trotted into the castle, the castle was still in a good condition, it had a few holes in the roof and a few fallen pillars but nothing too big. The castle also had a shit ton of books lining the wall, 'You'd expect someone to steal all of these books by now...'

Celly could hear the sound of objects being thrown and pushed aside frantically. Fear crossed her face as the corners of her vision started to darken, "Shiiittt, gotta stay awake..." Celly murmured. Oakley whimpered as Celly collapsed on her side with a loud thud, the sound of a metallic clinking as the rifle landed. Oakley barked loudly as Celly's vision darkened more, seeing Lyna run up to her with a terrified face.

"Stay awake Celly!"

"Celly? Celly?! Wake up!"

"Please don't leave me..."

Author's Note

Alright, this chapter took way longer than it should've, sorry.
Friggin' annoying writing, 'the white alicorn' or 'the dark blue alicorn' multiple times.
Anyway, for those still confused on what Celly and Lyna look like, they're the exact same as Celestia and Luna physically. The only difference is personality and the weapons and vest Celly wears.

Also, I spent assloads of time (two hours) drawing Celly for some odd reason. This was basically what she looked like with her gear.

I suck ass. My horse anatomy isn't the greatest but who cares. I drew a pone.
Also leave a like if possible! Makes me smile and motivates me to write more!
Constructive critism is always welcome!