Author's Note

these 2 scenes I had Cut from the Nightmare Within, mainly because I had a better idea of cutting the Nightmare within into 2 different stories and this no longer made any sense in what I have written so far.

i have an idea for these later

Twilight tries to connect to her celestial Domain

From the beginning of time, Celestial Objects have Been Os****ated With Alicorns, it had always been their nature to Bestow Har**ony to the ponies by enforcing nature to bring forth the day and night, and move their Celestial objects into and through the sky, as much as the sun Bestows warmth to the world, the moon moves the tides that bring forth water.

Many believe that we have complete control of the sky in our aco****atd time of day, this, however, is not the truth of the matter. But what is true about Alicorns is considered Taboo, to speak of or in this case write down, for the information in the wrong ears could cause harm, but I can say that an alicorn tied to one Celestial object cannot manipulate another. However I have discovered that a Celestial Object can be Concealed by the magic of another. It only works if both light up the sky at once, this phenomenon is known as an eclipse. The magical effect on the associated alicorns is a study of which I had not had the time to exper***nent as of yet.

As to conceal the stars each day and unveil them at night it is more complicated.

~Luna Selene Everfree of the Lunar Court

Twilight ears fell once she got to the next page of her mother's journal, she had been learning to read for the past 2 years since she was two, and she had been practicing magic Ever since, but this...

"THIS IS LIKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE", She cried, throwing the journal Back on to her mother's Desk.

The Book hit the desk with a loud THUMP, Twilight cringed At the noise, before glancing back at the door.

She pleaded for it to not fly open, it really wouldn't be the first time her mother, or even the guards had to drag her out of the room by the nape of her neck like a newborn foal, but the embarrassment was always worth coming back and trying again, after all this is where all of the good books are kept, even if she could barely make out a lot of the bigger words.

Letting out a sigh, she turned back to the Journal and lit her horn, her attempt to pick it up fizzled out with only a couple sparks to prove of her still lacking skill in magic.

"Aw, Come on!" she begged, putting more power into her spell. Soon enough the book lifted, yet wobbly she decided that it was good enough, she had read all about spell efficient what-cha-ma-call-it. And she inwardly groaned at the amount of Wasted magic, but not for long. There were Important Things to be done, like Discovering her Celestial Domain

Making her way to the door, she placed her fore-hooves on it and pulled it open just a crack, off-balanced she fell back onto her rump.

"Oof", she winced, scrambling back to her hooves. She peered up and down the halls, upon not noticing anypony she trotted down the left hall towards the Main stairwell that out of the Families private Wing,

Along the way she couldn't stop herself from thinking about how she was going to rub the fact she could control the stars into that stupid-head noble, Sapphire Dawn's face. Honestly, why would she even care that she was the only pony in the kingdom to get their soul mark before their late Adult life, let alone the first foal. Being able to move celestial objects is Waaaaaaay cooler.

And from what her Antie Celestia had told her, when an alicorn connects to their domain they will become truly powerful. With that very Thought, Twilight could not help but imagine her entire class surrounding her, all examining her ethereal mane, filled with Nebulas, and the stars of the night sky, she could even imagine all of the Noble foals turn green with envy. In fact, just that thought had her prancing around the corner, and straight into a pair of gold-clad Fore-Hooves, then, with a thump, all she could feel is a pain. Groaning She Rubbed the top of her head, before opening her eyes to the Offending object, which just so happened to be her mothers Journal, only then did her pain turned to annoyance when she realized she lost focus on her spell.

Reaching out with her hooves, She had a Sense of Dread as the Book was enveloped in a golden aura. "N-no," she choked out, trying her best to knock it out of the air, "Antie, you'll ruin everything"

A soft chuckle was her only response before a wall of white feathers swept over her and picked her up. They might as well have been White Feathery Prison Bars, Her Sentence? Having too much fun.

Looking up at Celestia Twilight Notice that she was standing between her and the stairwell, looking behind her she cursed her luck, for her usual body Guards had her Six, whatever that means, two white Stallions, she had asked before why all the guards in armor looked the same, but only got the 'magic' Response, her own theory is that they are all clones... Right focus, escape first! She thought to herself.

"And what do we have here?", Celestia asked with a mischievous smile, looking between the book and the filly wrapped up in her Right-wing.

"I can't tell you, its a Surprise," Twilight asked Reaching for the book "now give it back."

Celestia furrowed a brow at that, "a Surprise?"

"YES, now give it back, PLEEEEEASE!" Twilight Begged Reaching for the book

"Hmm, is it a Surprise luna and I would approve of? Or are you out looking for trouble again"

Giving up Twilight Fell limp, "both", she sighed, waiting for what comes next.

Celestia just stared at her for a moment before closing her eyes, clearly coming to a decision. "I'll tell you what..." she stomped her right hoof on the stone floor, her Guards Jumped to attention and immediately stepped up beside her, "Guards Take Princess Twilight and her book to... Erm, where ever she wants to go within the castle grounds, then alert 2nd lieutenant Noctis to send a couple of his Night Watch to keep her out of trouble. You are dismissed once they arrive," she said, Levitating the filly onto the guards back while watching the fillies eyes grow Larger. Saluting, the Two Guards made there way down the Stairs, a Squealing and Cheering Twilight on the right Guards Back.

"Thank you, auntie," was the last thing she heard of her Niece before they disappeared down the Stairs.

Scene Name(Twilight Astrea Everfree of the Lunar Court)

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She was Meditating, at-least that's what the book said she was doing, for her, she was just sitting there with her eye closed, and how this is needed to connect to the stars she had no idea, but the book told her to do it so she was... Just sitting there, at least with the best of her ability, the grass kept tickling her hooves, and she was trying really hard to not squirm. The Book said she must sit still, so she must, she kept telling herself that until she finally stopped squirming, then a rogue breeze would come out of nowhere and cause an ear to flick.

Letting out a grunt, before Plopping into the grass.

"This isn't working" she mumbled.

Twilight opened her eyes, it was just past sunset, and the stars were becoming visible. According to her mother's journal, it was because of the solar magic that floods the sky during the day was weakening, allowing the stars to be seen. at this point, she was beginning to think that the stars don't count as Celestial Objects, but her mother says otherwise.

She would say like how the sun brings warmth to Equus, and the moon controls the tides, the stars are the source of all magic, and that there lights flood Equus with magic for the ponies to use. That then piqued Twilight's interest, So she may have snuck into her mother's Study to learn more about the stars.

Apparently, Her mother did not want twilight to learn that without anypony to guide the stars as she and her ant does with the sun and moon, then one day there will be no magic left on Equus, and now to twilight's displeasure, she is no longer allowed in that room.

But it will all be fine, because twilight will learn how to put to rest the stars during the day and everything will be just fine

glancing to her company, a grey pony doll sitting perfectly still next to her that she had grabbed along with a couple of books on the way out here. to anypony else, it would have been an adorable sight, but to twilight, it made her more annoyed.

"daw come on Smarty Pants, just give me one simple tip",

the doll peeked open a button eye, tilting his head slightly, "with what?"

"With meditating" she exclaimed.