Wish Gone Awry. Enter Equestria! Enter New Life!

"Quiet, quiet," Julius mumbled as he was still mostly asleep, as the sound of hooves rushed around him.

"How can we be quiet at a time like this?" Twilight yelped in worry. "This is a disaster, a catastrophe, a national emergency! Celestia will, Celestia will," she shook as Julius slowly rubbed his eyes awake.

"OK, OK, what's the panic? A typo in a dictionary?" Julius joked as he slowly awoke.

"Hah, nice, no, if that was it, I think Twilight would be in a bigger panic," Rainbow Dash laughed. "No, the elements of harmony are missing. Twilight thinks that they were stolen; the rest of us think that Celestia took them," she explained as Julius slowly woke up.

"Well, in a way, both of you are right," Julius groaned with a yawn.

"Explain," the two mares flatly said.

"Well, long story short, I took the elements to return them to their home. Celestia found me, toyed with me, then helped me return them; thoughts?" Julius groggily said as he stumbled out of bed.

"You did what?!?" Twilight exclaimed. "Why? How?"

"They belonged back in the tree of harmony. Being separated from the tree was slowly killing the tree and damaging the land. Come on, Twilight, you should have known that when you took the elements from the tree; silly pony," Julius joked as he lightly petted her mane.

"We didn't get them from a tree; we got them from a ruined castle in the Everfree Forest. Where is this tree of harmony?" Twilight asked as she eyed Julius.

"Oh, it's in a cave, literally just under that castle. Like, literally just under it. There's a narrow stone path leading down the cliffside to the tree's cave. The tree looks like it's made out of crystal, and it's, ummm, guardian, spirit, Tranquility; Tranquility tends to look like Twilight if she were made out of crystals. Though I suspect she can appear however she wants to," Julius explained to the mares.

"Who or what is Tranquility?" Twilight asked. "And why does she look like me?"

"Tranquility is the spirit of harmony and no idea. I'm guessing that it's a spirit thing like they can appear however they wish. No real evidence for that, just a guess," Julius yawned as he did a few stretches.

"Reasonable guess, I guess," Twilight shrugged. "But why did you decide to do it? Surely something must have triggered you to return the elements of harmony."

"I have my reasons," Julius hummed as he avoided eye contact with Twilight. "Don't say that you were basically bribed," he thought as he stretched.

"I guess Pinkie Pie won that bet," Rainbow Dash lightly chucked as Julius quickly looked at her. "Oh, Pinkie Pie said that you probably returned them to where they came from during breakfast. Nopony believed her except for Celestia, I think, who just calmly drank her tea."

"Yeah, that sounds about right," Julius said while stretching.

"Celestia just said that the elements were stored in a safe and secure location. One which she could easily and quickly get to if needed. I thought she might have just been saying that to keep us calm," Twilight awkwardly said.

"Yeah. I suggested that Twilight try to find them so she wouldn't freak-out and go all Twilinanas," Rainbow Dash replied.

"Oh please, I do not freak-out and go all Twilinanas!" Twilight huffed.

"Twilight, you've literally sung whole freak-out arias," Rainbow Dash flatly told her.

"Yeah, I can see her doing that," Julius chuckled.

"Look, I might take things a bit too seriously, but it's better than your lackadaisical approach to life," Twilight defensively huffed.

"No idea what that means," Rainbow Dash said as she lightly tilted her head.

"It means lazy or laid back," Julius shrugged as he finished stretching.

"Oh," Rainbow Dash hummed. "Look, I might be relaxed, but that's a pegasus thing. Being all tense and stressed is horrible for flying. Most pegasi figure this out before their first day at school, but even at school, it's the first thing taught to pegasi," she told Twilight.

"What about Fluttershy?" Twilight shot back.

"And how often does she fly? How strong of a flyer is she?" Rainbow Dash replied. "I like the mare, hay, I've grown up with her and defended her whenever she's needed it, but she's always been the weakest flyer in school. By graduation, every pegasi had a wing power of at least six, Fluttershy only had a point three. The only reason she didn't fail was that literally, nopony could break it to her."

"What about you? What was your wing power?" Julius asked.

"Oh, school was too restrictive for me to achieve my dreams, so I dropped out. But even then, when I did, I had a wing power of nine. That was a few years ago; now I think I can hit eleven, which is more than a few of the Wonderbolts," Rainbow Dash proudly stated.

"Nice, if nothing else, that's worth a GED, I think," Julius said as he scratched the back of his head. "Though, I'm not sure how just physical performance is worth graduating."

"Cloudsdale has very focused schooling. Based mostly around the weather factory or service in the Equestria Defence Force," Rainbow Dash explained.

"Makes sense, considering that most of Equestria's weather is made in Cloudsdale, and it's military tradition," Twilight hummed.

"That still sounds weird; how does one place make all the weather for the land?" Julius asked as he got dressed.

"It doesn't, well, not entirely," Rainbow Dash said. "Cloudsdale makes all the major weather and does all the planning; local teams of pegasi do the minor weather. In places without pegasi, I have no idea. I'm guessing they just let the weather do whatever, or they have some sort of powerful magic."

"Stupid do whatever magic. Seriously, how isn't the go-to solution to every problem 'just blast it with magic' or something like that?" Julius asked as Rainbow Dash, and Twilight looked at each other.

"It is," they both said as Julius facepalmed.

"Of course it is. Can't be too mad at that; honestly, I'd be very tempted to take that route," Julius sighed as he walked to the door. "Well, I'm kinda hungry; I'm going for breakfast. You two coming?"

"Well, we already ate, but sure," Twilight said as she opened the door.

"Yeah, I gotta get in a few laps before my afternoon nap," Rainbow Dash said as she stretched her wings.

"Really? Afternoon nap?" Twilight sighed.

"Flying takes a lot of energy," Rainbow Dash said as the three saluted the guards outside Celestia's chambers. "That and keeping warm so high takes even more."

"So that's why you ate as many pancakes as Pinkie Pie," Twilight hummed. "Honestly, seeing how much the two of you ate made me feel full."

"Yeah, we pegasi get that from non-pegasi," Rainbow Dash calmly said. "Fluttershy doesn't fly much, so she doesn't eat nearly as much. But I guarantee you, if she started, she'd eat about as much as I."

"Have you seen her teats and flanks? She'd be eating more than you," Twilight chuckled.

"Have I seen her teats and flanks?" Rainbow Dash huffed. "Yes, Twilight, I have been behind Fluttershy before. Kinda hard to miss those. I think only Celestia and Luna have bigger teats and flanks. How is that fair? Luna exercises at least as much as me! Stupid alicorn biology," she again huffed.

"Yeah, any children Fluttershy nurses will be getting a lot of milk. Those children will grow up big and strong," Twilight warmly smiled. "Oh, uhhh, sorry, this must be a little awkward for you," she said with a blush.

"I mean, a little, but not really. This isn't the first time I've had to deal with morning wood," Julius said as they walked through the castle. "Besides, Fluttershy does have nice teats and ass. I can't imagine how difficult it is to fly with udders like those."

"I know, right!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "There's a reason most pegasi are slim. But no, not Fluttershy. Somehow that mare's got a breeder's body. I don't really know how I feel about that. I mean, sure, it's always been easy for her to get a stallion, but her flying will always suffer for it," she sighed as Twilight led them through the castle halls.

"Yeah, drag and wind resistance and all that. Still, how do pegasi mares fly while pregnant?" Julius asked as he could faintly smell pancakes.

"Oh, we give birth to relatively small foals," Rainbow Dash explained.

"I see," Julius said as he looked at Twilight. "You know what I'm going to ask."

"Our horns are small, nubby, and covered in foal feathers, like our hooves. Though, our horns can use magic after roughly a month, give or take a week," Twilight explained.

"Foal feathers? Hmmm, I'm guessing that's just fairy slippers," Julius hummed. "It's this weird protective covering that covers the hooves of foals when they're born. I remember the first time seeing it; I thought it looked weird."

"Yeah, they're the same things. Fortunately, foals aren't born with magic; unfortunately, when they start to develop it, they cannot control it. Unicorn foals are usually quite difficult to deal with. Apparently, I set more than a few plants on fire," Twilight said with a nervous chuckle.

"Can relate, kind of," Rainbow Dash sighed. "Most pegasi foals start flying a month or two after birth. We can cause a lot of damage when we're first finding our wings. Many broken pots, cups, plates, windows, and things like that."

"Geez, so, get a lot of padded flooring and walls, and maybe see about getting a few of those magic suppression rings then?" Julius asked as he scratched the back of his neck.

"The padding would work, but not the rings, I think," Twilight responded. "Those first months are extremely important to a unicorn's magical development. Those rings would likely interfere with the development of their thaumaturgic system, stunting their magic. It'd be a short-term solution that'd lead to a long-term problem."

"Well, if it could do that kind of damage, it's best not to use it. Still, I have to imagine that there's some sort of measure that we can take to be prepared for it," Julius responded.

"I should be able to cast preemptive countermagic spells on all the things in the house. Usually, that takes far too much magical energy to be practical, but with my reserves of magic, I should be able to pull it off. Zecora might also know of a few tricks," Twilight suggested.

"Sounds good to me. Then again, I got nothing else," Julius said with a shrug. "So, are we close to the dining hall?"

"Should be just a few more turns," Twilight said as the three turned a corner to be greeted by two grand doors.

"OK, why is it that castles need such large doors? Like, I get gatehouses, but other than that, just why?" Julius sighed as he walked up to the doors.

"Maybe as a statement? To make those who walk through them feel small?" Twilight suggested as she magically opened the doors.

"Makes sense, but Celestia very literally controls the sun. If she wants to make others feel small, she can just have her court covered in reflective surfaces. That way, nobody could look at her throne," Julius said as the three walked into the dining hall.

"Tried that for a while. Honestly, it got very annoying very fast for everycreature. It lasted a week. Though, I have gotten suggestions that I could line the court with flowers that bloom toward the throne. I kind of like that idea, but that'd mean closing the courtroom for at least a month," Celestia responded as the three walked into the dining hall.

"I think one of the kings in my world did that. Louis the Fourteenth, the sun king. I think he did that or something like that. My French history mostly ends at the end of the Hundred Years' War," Julius said as he sat at the grand table.

"Oh, so you had a sun king! Did he, too, control the sun?" Celestia asked as she gave Julius a plate of blueberry-covered pancakes.

"Nope. Closest we got to that was when Joshua asked God to stop the sun and moon, so He did for nearly a whole day," Julius said as he tried one of the pancakes. "Light and fluffy, good."

"Impressive. What did this Joshua do with that extra time?" Celestia asked as she sat at the table.

"Oh, he commanded his army to continue to fight. That was God showing some extreme favoritism there," Julius chuckled as he poured some maple syrup on the pancakes.

"OK, is there any part of your history that doesn't involve fighting of any kind?" Celestia sighed as she shook her head.

"Ummm, ahhh, well," Julius hummed and hawed. "I think there was a Thursday," he nervously chuckled.

"I swear, my sister and I will have to review any human history that you intend to introduce to our world," she tiredly sighed as she composed herself.

"Yeah, that'd be a very good idea. Though I don't envy Luna, she could have some bad nightmares to deal with," Julius responded between bites.

"I'm sure it can't be that bad," Celestia assured as a herald entered the dining hall.

"Your majesty, there's a guest that wants to see you. The message they sent said that they can wait until you, Luna, the element bearers, and Julius are in the court. But it requests that you hurry, as they have to deal with thinggummywuts," the herald told Celestia.

"The court isn't set to be open for another hour. This is quite unusual," Celestia hummed. "I can't think of any noble who'd try something like this. Maybe a griffon or a minotaur, but there are no griffon or minotaur ambassadors in Canterlot."

"I think I know who it might be," Julius sighed as he ate.

"Who?" Celestia asked.

"It can wait. Jerusalem is a world away; Rome is right here," Julius responded as he continued to eat.