Twilight had to act quickly and, using her magic, cast an illusion spell so that those who came upon the statue would only see it the way it was.

Celestia and Cadence walked through the hedge maze.

"So," the Princess of Love said, "just to get this straight, your sister became Nightmare Moon?"

"Yes," said Celestia. "I noticed how you looked at me at the coronation, and after hearing what your magical ability was, I knew I would have to come clean sooner than later."

As they walked, the Princess of Love said, "You're worried about Sunset?"

The Princess of Sun remained silent for a few minutes of their walking, but finally Celestia said, "Her mood troubles me, for this is not the first time something like this has happened. I was blind to it the first time, but I learned my lesson and I won't let Sunset suffer, so I will be there if she needs me."

Cadence wanted to say something, but couldn't because the Princess of Sun said, "We're here."

In the middle of the Canterlot hedge maze was the statue of Twilight. The Princess of Love started to get a feeling of dread, but it was not the kind of dread you have when you’re feeling down. This dread feeling is something way worse, like how you’d feel if all happiness, love, and compassion was just gone.

"You feel it, don't you?" Celestia said. "The dread, loneliness, hate, and inpony existence?"

"I have never felt this much negative emotion in one pony," said the Princess of Love. "Tell me the truth. Is there any hope for your niece?"

Celestia simply said, "I thought that rain boom in the sky was the event I was waiting for, but it appears that the rain boom only brought misery and death. Clover the Clever paid the price, and her daughter is in a hard place."

With those words, the Princess of Sun broke down in a full cry, one tear after another pouring down her face. Then, to her surprise, she felt an embrace, and Cadence said, "You were alone for so long, but no longer. I promise to be there for you no matter what happens."

The two were in this hug for a good two hours before Celestia broke the embrace. "Thank you, Cadence," she said. Then, Cadence and Celestia spread their wings and flew towards Canterlot castle.

In the middle of the night, Twilight finally dropped the spell that hid the cracks on her statue. She said, ”Well, I will need a better warning than a snapping twig.”

Her stone horn glowed with green, purple, and black magic. It started going inside the hedge maze. This spell would tell her if somepony was in the hedge maze, where they were, and, if needed, they could be delayed by having the maze change, making it harder to reach the area she was in.

Meanwhile, at Sun Blast’s house, Sunset kept turning from one side of her bed to the other.

In Sunset’s dream, she saw the most terrifying thing. It was Canterlot castle going up in flames and the streets of the capital city flooded with bodies of ponies. She saw an empty armor army marching over the piles of ponies, and she thought they would see her, but they didn't.

"No," Sunset said in her sleep. "Not like this.”

"Sunset, are you alright?" a voice said, but she did not see who it was.

Then Sunset saw a cloaked pony, but it looked like this pony was the leader of the Invaders of Canterlot. She heard the mysterious voice again telling her to wake up, and she did.

On the other side of Canterlot, Crystal Shade was asleep when all of a sudden a strange glow woke him up.It was his horn. Before he knew it, his mother came in. She had a curved and sharp horn, and she had a turquoise coat with a green mane and tail. Her eyes were yellow and her cutie mark was of a camouflage blanket. But her horn was glowing black just like his. She said, "You know what this means?"

"No, what does it mean?" Crystal Shade asked.

Snow Trail just face hoofed and said, "Of course you don't know, you are too young to know what it means. She looked at him seriously. “A royal umbrum is trying to break out."

Silence filled the room while the sun rose.

Crystal Shade said, "What do we do now?"

His mother sighed and said, "Well, you go to school and I'll think of something, ok?"

Four shadow wisps went out and possessed the lunar guard armor. Four smoky legs formed and, in the helmet, there are two purple eyes. On the back of the armor, two smoky wings formed. All four possessed sets of armor looked the same.

The four sets of armor from the lunar guard made their way to Twilight’s statue in the Canterlot gardens. When they got there, the wisps that controlled the armor all bowed down. The shadow form of Twilight appeared and, on command, all the suits of armor went and found a place to put the armor. Twilight got surprised when she saw Warpath armor, and she smiled.

Sunset woke up. She was breathing very heavily and sweat was on her forehead. She looked at the pony that woke her and realized it was her father.

“Dad, what are you doing up here?"

"I saw you twisting and turning, and," her father paused for a couple of seconds then said, "I want to know - were you having a nightmare?"

Sunset thought about it and said, "Yes, and it was terrifying. Like, it showed me all the worst things that have yet to happen."

She told her father all that she saw in her nightmare. Her father listened to her, and when she finished, he said, "Sunset, I think we should go to Celestia and tell her about your nightmare."

Author's Note

Sorry about the delay but Miss Dash and Miss Sparkle had to go to the Crystal Empire to have fun with Sombras captain of the shadow guard.

ps I hope you understand.