Twilight's Bizarre Adventure: Memories of the Wind

Celestia stared the stallion down silently.

"I mean, I'm just a bit-"

Celestia's eyes narrowed. "Answer my question."

"Celestia?" Twilight approached her mentor. "I'm curious myself."

Celestia flinched and turned towards Twilight, her eyes suddenly wide, then she let out a sigh. "It's a concern I have, but I don't want to talk about it too much until I know for sure."

Tiziano glanced at his partner. "Four days. And he's been here for three."

Celestia looked at Secco. "Seven months." She turned to Leone. "Three months."

Squalo turned towards the suited stallion. "Secco, do you not recognize us?"

"Huh?"

"We were part of the Elite Guard."

Secco stared at them for a moment. "Oh, yeah. You're that gay couple that got turned into swiss cheese."

Tiziano's eye twitched. "Well, he remembers us."

Celestia turned towards Twilight's friends, who were back on their bench. "Rainbow Dash."

"I've been here my whole life!"

Celestia paused, then started giggling. "I know. I just wanted to get your account of what happened today."

"Oh, well..." Rainbow recounted the incident between her and Illusio, including Sandbar and Ghiaccio's involvement. Celestia smirked at the parts where Rainbow bragged about her skill.

Once she finished, Pinkie told Celestia about what happened to her but didn't directly state that Rover's victim was Skystar. She would only refer to her as an "unfortunate mare." That didn't stop Celestia from glancing at Skystar from time to time.

Maud sat there with her usual expression. "After that, I arrived and crushed his head in."

Celestia's jaw hung open. "If it weren't for what he put your sister and that 'unfortunate mare' through, I'd be more concerned that you said that." She looked at Fluttershy.

"Uh, don't look at me. My day was normal until the guards asked me to come here."

Twilight let out a sigh of relief.

Celestia turned to Applejack. "How about you?"

Applejack looked at the cage.

"Applejack?"

"... I went to the town hall for an agricultural meeting, then ran into those two. One of them picked a fight with me, but they really didn't do anything too major."

Celestia blinked then looked at the cage. "Is that true?"

"Yup."

Celestia looked back at Applejack. "And that's everything that happened?"

A bead of sweat ran down Applejack's stoic face. "More or less."

Rainbow scratched her head. "So why did the guards shove them in a cage?"

Applejack shrugged. "They assumed the boys were trying to do something serious. I didn't ask for that."

Squalo leaned towards Tiziano. "What is she doing?"

"Letting us live. If Celestia flew into a rampage over someone merely insulting her, imagine how she'd react to learning that we were trying to kidnap someone she really cares about."

"So she's lying for our sake?"

Tiziano smiled. "Who said she was lying? She went to a meeting, then we fought her. She may be leaving out some details, but she's not lying by any stretch of the imagination."

Celestia stared at the farm mare. "... I see. We'll detain them for a while since they started a fight, but I see no reason for further punishment."

Leone looked at Applejack. "Why is she protecting them?"

Twilight smiled. "I think she's just protecting them from something worse then they deserve."

"You ponies sound crazy."

"Welcome to Equestria."

"Your highness!" A pony stepped out of the medical tent. "We have an update on Rarity's health."