The Stained Glass

Spike was waiting at the train station for the girls to arrive. Twilight had asked him to guide them through the tasks they needed to take care of once they got there. He was accompanied by a checklist of course.

This time however the checklist was given to him by Celestia, who wanted to ensure that everything would run smoothly up until the Gala.

A distant sound echoed and Spike jumped to his feet. The train was coming towards the station and he was really nervous. Afterall he was worried about the whole alicorn situation the princesses were talking about.

What he didn’t know was that the 6 mares in the train had heard the exact same thing and were equally worried.

“What is this place? Where are we?” Twilight asked squinting her eyes trying to adjust to the darkness around.

Luna ignited her horn lightening up the room. The air was moist and if you concetrated hard enough you could hear the sound of water flowing nearby.

“We are underneath the castle, a restricted area that only we can access.” Celestia said also igniting her horn to provide light.

Twilight looked around and saw that they were standing in front of a door. She hesitated for a moment but her curiosity overtook her so she took a few steps forward to take a closer look.

“In here I have kept every record regarding her... well not only her but all the Guardians of Harmony. This room has an entire part of history that has been lost in time!” Celestia said and Twilight’s eyes shone.

“Do you mean books? Ancient books that no one has ever read in ages?” Twilight asked squealing in excitement.

“Not just books, Twilight” Luna replied “Relics, portraits and of course their respective Stained Glass collection.”

Celestia looked at Twilight. Her excitement and eagerness were actually a bit worrying in her eyes. She did hope that if Twilight found out the truth she would be able to help her in finding Fallen... but what if Fallen had changed after all these years? She had been hesitant on revealing the truth fearing that Twilight would look down on her if she found out about all the mistakes she had made. She wasn’t naive and she wasn’t her loyal little student who believed everything she said. Would she change after finding out everything?

No that’s nonsense! Afterall friends forgive each other for their mistakes right? Twilight would... But what if she didn’t?

Princess Luna stepped forward and her magic aura sparkled across the room as she cast a spell to open the door. A bright light escaped from inside making them squint their eyes.

Once the door was fully opened Twilight’s eyes widened. In front of her was lying a beautiful corridor. Crystals were illuminating sharing their chilly cyan light. The sound of water was louder now since small waterfalls were situated beside the stained glass windows that decorated the entire hallway.

Celestia and Luna walked in with Twilight following behind, she was still a bit confused on what was going on. Not only that but since she didn’t know anything she felt completely unprepared. She did her best to hide it from Celestia and Luna however, it was obvious that they would need her help with everything and she wanted to inspire strength and courage not weakness and fear.

Lost between her thoughts and admiring the room Twilight accidentally bumped on Princess Celestia.

“Oh princess, I am so sorry I got... distracted by the view.” she said and gave a nervous chuckle.

“Really pretty huh?” Luna said breaking the awkward silence. “I made the blueprints and Celestia dusted them off sometime during my banishment. I never thought she would actually make a room out of it!”

“Wait, you designed this? I didn’t know you liked architecture!” Twilight asked raising her eyebrow.

“Why is it so weird to everyone that I have hobbies? Just like you enjoy reading books and Celestia likes making pancakes I like designing spaces. It’s not that weird really.” she laughed.

“Now, now. You are getting off topic. We must get through this soon. The Gala needs its princesses and we don’t have much time. Twilight look around and tell us if you need any help with anything. The bookshelves are over there all the stained glasses have inscriptions underneath. You should be able to find everything you need.”

“Right” Twilight said and trotted towards the bookshelves when something caught her attention. One of the stained glasses made her jaw drop. She walked closer and read the inscription out loud.

“The Guardians of harmony, Celestia, Luna, Fallen Star, Discord, Sombra.” She looked at the image of Fallen Star. A graceful alicorn with purple fur, her mane and tail were flowing gently and the colour was alternating between blue, pink and cyan. On her flank was laying her cutie mark a fallen star.

“Twilight? What is it?” Celestia asked seeing the worried expression on her face.

“It’s Fallen Star... she looks...”

“Pretty? Happy?” Luna tried to guess taking a look at the image.

“No...” Twilight hesitated “Familiar...”

“What?”