"And what of the next shipment?" Luna asked Scarlett Dawn as they strolled down the halls of the castle. "Théodore Vérany will be sending more supplies within the next four to six months - rations, sleeping supplies, rifles, also made sure to send Nova to the River Federation to see if River Swirl is willing to trade with us." Scarlett replied, flipping through the pages on her clipboard as they walked. "Very good.. and what of Ms. Himura? Is she awake yet?"
"I actually spotted her looking for you on my way to the throne room, why, what happened?"
"She has a Keyblade, Scarlett." The young unicorn sputtered and fixed her glasses up her snout. "P-pardon? Did I here that right? Not many are chosen to wield a.. of all the creatures.."

"Calm down Ms. Dawn, she doesn't seem to understand what it is anyhow, I'll have her under the tutelage of Thistle later, since they've already been introduced and she has a friend under his teaching, it should be a smooth integration.." Luna brought a hand up to her chin, pondering to herself. "I just hope this doesn't go sideways.."
Scarlett sighed as her ears folded back, placing a hand on Luna's shoulder. "Something tells me she'd have to pitch in sooner or later."

"There you are!!"

The two winced and slowly turned around along to spot a quite stern looking Zoroark storming her way over to them. "Well you're highness I better get going, you know how stacked I get with paper work-"
"Wait, Ms.. D-" Luna was caught off as Scarlett used a teleportation spell to disappear to.. wherever in the castle.
The baroness' eye twitched.

"Baroness Luna, I want- I need answers..!"
"Yes yes I know I know.. but.. could we talk over tea at least? For the record you slept through half the day."
"What?!"
"Come now I'm sure you're quite hungry, Ms. Himura."

Mizuki had taken a seat at a small table across from Luna in the Baroness' chambers, poking at the fresh pancakes with her fork while a dozen thoughts ran through her mind.

"..Alright. I suppose I should explain myself... but please don't skip out on brunch, Evernova's cooking is spectacular." Luna said, as she drove her own fork and ran her fork through her own line of pancakes.

"What was it?"
"Be more specific" Luna responded, before engulfing a small slice of the pancakes into her mouth, followed by a sigh of absolute satisfaction.

"I- Well.. Giant white dragon, Giant magic keys...you. What the hell was all of that, and what was that place?"

Luna sighed and set her silverware down before gazing at the Zoroark woman. "Was this the first time you've dived?"

"I.. what?" Mizuki asked, even more confused than before. "Have you been to that place more than once, is what I'm asking." "I.. no, I've been there once before, but I can't remember any dream like that before hand so-" "it wasn't a dream, Mizuki. To put it rather simply, you were in your heart, or soul. You Dived."

"I.. don't follow." Mizuki said, Luna responded with a sigh, patting down her lips with a napkin before standing up and moving towards a window, gazing up at her moon.
"When someone is chosen, they will, weather it's a conscious decision or not, Dive into their heart. It's the first step to something much more grand for their life..

You, Mizuki, were chosen. For what purpose I cannot say.. but with that, you'll need training. I know it's not right of me to ask of you but.." Luna turned to face Mizuki again, her face riddled with confusion, and uncertainty. "I request that you become a student here at the palace. You will learn magics, learn how to control mana, and how to summon your Key-Blade."

"Woah woah, Key-whatnow? Magic??"
"The Key-Blade is as much a tool as it is a weapon, something you can channel your magic through as a spellcast focus. You will learn more come tomorrow. You don't have to accept.. but please consider."
"I mean.. shit, are you basically asking me to join your conflict with your sister as well?"

Luna's ears folded back, the Alicorn crossed her arms under her chest with a sad expression. "I.. yes, joining as a student subsequently enrolls you as a member of the republic."

Mizuki hesitated, staring down at her warm pancakes, deep in thought. "..if.. if it helps me find my brother, and get us both home.. then I accept.. but after me and my brother find a way home, im done with this, deal?"
"Ms Hamura, I wouldn't have it any other way. This is all unfair to you, and I'd like nothing more than to see you returned home safe and sound.. We won't put you under your new teacher until tomorrow, but id like for you to at least see who you'll be training with."

Mizuki and Luna entered a large room, stacked with vantage points, ramps, and glowing rifts. In front of them was a familiar face Mizuki met earlier this week.

"Sir Thistle, I'm sure trainings been going smoothly." Luna said, granting the changelings attention. Thistle turned around and greeted the two with a gentle smile. "As smoothly as possible of course, Im sure politics is just as amusing." He responded with a short bow towards Luna, while a loud explosion went off behind him. "Afraid youve came in at an interesting time, Avery lost her temper again." He turned his attention back to the training grounds as Luna and Mizuki stepped up for a closer look. The one Mizuki could only assume was Avery was angrily clashing her own Key-Blade with whom she recognized as Lavender, the Thestral dancing around Avery, either dodging or deflecting each strike from what Mizuki could assume be a griffon.

"Geeze Ave, chill! This isn't a competition! Just friendly practice!" Mizuki could see sweat beading from Lavender from where she was standing, and was about to step forward before Luna's arm came in front of her. "I appreciate your want to help, but you'd do more harm if you go in, especially with no experience."

Thistle cocked a brow and glanced back at Mizuki with curiosity. "Is she..?"
"Yes, I came upon her when she dived." Luna replied, Thistle hummed and brought a hand up to his chin. "Very intriguing.."

Back on the training floor, Avery swiped underneath Lavender, causing her to trip up before being sent flying by a powerful kick, the mare landed straight into one of the matted walls with a loud grunt. "Hoo.. damn Aves, ya kick like a mule..~! Eheh.."

"I never said this was a competition Lavender." The scratchy voiced griffon said "But you need to take this training seriously, otherwise we won't last a second out there!" "Yeah? Tell that to Tang." Lavender responded, leaving Avery confused before a bright red flash caught her attention. Avery took to the air as a fireball crashed where she stood, before she countered with her own fireball, hurtling it towards a green colored changeling. "Oh son of a B-"

Mizuki winced as aloud bang went off, she watched as the poor changeling woman was sent flying into one of the portals before she came out of the one stationed next to the three onlookers, though with black colored splotches on her body. "-iiiitch! Oh damnit, I hate this black stuff! What the hell is it?!"

"Ah yes, we keep having issues patching that, still haven't figured why the arcane rifts seem to smudge some creatures body.. thankfully it's easy to wash out." Thistle commented before stepping forward. "I think that's enough! By Faust Avery I understand your conviction but remember these are your teammates, not your targets."

"Come Mizuki, I'm sure you'll have time to get to know the three later." Luna said as she led her out the room, the Zoroark looked back to catch Lavender giving her a lil wave with a wink while the three were being lectured, earning a chuckle from the woman.

"..I hope you don't mind me asking.. what is the human world like..?" Luna asked as the two stepped into an interior garden with a gazebo. "Uh.. well.. not the most gorgeous place.. definitely not a vacation spot but.. we have our moments.. even if those moments came after we made the more horrendous mistakes.." Mizuki said, rubbing the back of her head.

"I see.. then our two words are quite similar then.. you know, wanting to bring ballance between light and dark isn't the only reason Im at conflict with my sister.. before I took action, Thestrals were being incredibly mistreated.. it wasn't technically my sister's fault, despite me being quite furious with her, I understand the micro-politics of it.. but I couldn't ever stand around and wait any longer for change to happen." Luna's ears folded behind her head as she sat on a bench. "Ya know.. ya might be right about our two worlds being similar.. lemme tell ya a story about the United States.. about.. fifty nine years ago.."

Author's Note

Uuuuugh..

Hi.

Finally got this out.. sorry for the wait, procrastinating is a bit of a bitch.