Twilight, sister of Celestiaby WinonaChaptersProlougeChapter 1: The real eldest sister.Chapter 2: The statueChapter 3: The story of the two original sistersProlouge“Okay, I sent the letter to Twilight Sparkle, Celestia.” Luna said sleepily. “May I rest, now?” “Of course, Luna.” Celestia smiled. Luna began to trot to her room, then she stopped in her tracks. Something bothered her. “Wait,” “Yes?” “What is so important that Twilight and her friends must come to all the way to Canterlot?” Celestia looked at the ground. “I’ll tell you when I tell them.” Luna became worried, but she knew Celestia would be fine. And normally, Luna would argue about Celestia keeping secrets from her, but she was much too sleepy. “Alright.” Luna then walked slowly to her room to rest. Celestia sighed as she stared out her window. She felt… sad for some reason. ________________________________________________________ Twilight Sparkle went through her checklist, smiling. As usual, she read it aloud to herself. “Let’s see… I got more ink and parchment, check. I reorganized the books at the entrance of the library, check. I…” Twilight gasped. “I FORGOT TO GIVE RAINBOW DASH THE NEXT COPY OF “DARING DO”!!!” she screamed. Just then, the cyan Pegasus walked in. Well, more like she flew in. “Did somepony call my name?” she said proudly. Twilight let out a sigh of relief. “Oh, Rainbow! I’m so sorry! I forgot to-” Rainbow Dash cut her off. “Give me the next copy of Daring Do. I know, that’s why I came!” Twilight still looked worried. “You’re not mad, are you?” “Not at all! You have it, right?” Twilight levitated the next book in front of her friend, and Rainbow grabbed it eagerly. “THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!” “Of course, Rainbow!” Twilight smiled. Just then, a white scroll popped up in front of Twilight. She gasped. “It’s a letter from Princess….” Twilight looked at the ribbon that tied the scroll together. It was not the mark of Celestia. It was the mark of someone else! “Luna?” She said as she stared at the “L” mark. Twilight opened the scroll, and began to read. Rainbow flew up behind her and read, too. Rainbow was also intrigued. She had never heard of Twilight getting a letter from Princess Luna. She read with Twilight from behind. Twilight read aloud: “Twilight, Celestia has impotant news! Gather up your frends and meet us at the grden at the castle in Cantrlot. She said yur friend Fluttersy might like that locaton. Not need to hury, though. I’m gonna take a quik nap. I’m really tird today. Tak your time, Frm, Luna P.S. Sory for speling errors that might be in thre. I’m a terible writer when I’m tired.” Rainbow Dash laughed at Luna’s misspelling, meanwhile Twilight remained confused. What was so important? “C’mon Rainbow Dash! I’ll get Pinkie and Applejack, you get Rarity and Fluttershy.” Rainbow sighed and flew out the door, to the Spa. That’s where Rarity and Fluttershy would normally be at this time. Meanwhile, Twilight woke up Spike, and then ran to Applejack’s barn, then to Sugarcube corner. _________________________________________________________ After about an hour or so, Celestia saw the train arrive in front of the Castle. She could hear her student instructing the group. “Okay, girls… and Spike, and Angel. Celestia said she would meet us in the garden.” She smiled. Her student was so organized, although… often too involved in her studies. She was worse before, but still. She left her room to go to the garden. She had much to tell her student. ________________________________________________________ As the train came to a stop, Twilight and her friends exited. Twilight stood in front of them all. “Okay, girls… and Spike, and Angel. Celestia said she would meet us in the garden.” Fluttershy’s eyes widened. “G-Garden?!?!” Twilight stared at her friend. “Why, yes Fluttershy. Celestia scheduled it there with you in mind!” Fluttershy looked down in shame. “Oh, well… last time… I had a little problem with the animals…” Fluttershy had a quick flashback of her scaring all the animals at the Gala. Twilight’s eyes widened. She remembered. “Well, I suppose you can just wait outside. Isn’t that why you brought Angel? To keep you company?” Twilight nodded to the little white bunny on Fluttershy’s back. Fluttershy turned to look at Angel, then spoke, “Oh, no! I brought little Angel because he broke his leg! He needs care, and I couldn’t just leave him at home!” Twilight took a good look at the bunny, and saw that the white around his leg wasn’t fur, it was in fact a cast. Twilight blushed. She wondered why Angel was staying put for the first time scince... ever! On the train she almost said 'Why does that patch of fur look different the the others?' She was glad she kept her mouth shut. She turned back to Fluttershy. “Oh, well… I can fix that!” Fluttershy's eyes widened. “You can?” Angel's ears suddenly perked up. He was soo bored not being able to move around. “Yes! I’ve been working on a spell that will heal the injured!” “Can you try it?” “Of course!” Then Twilight mumbled, “Though he may end up with his leg cut off….” Luckily, Fluttershy barely heard it. “What?” Angel was too busy being excited to hear what Twilight had said. “NOTHING!” “Oh…” “Just set Angel down over there.” Twilight nodded to a small bench. Fluttershy brought Angel over to the bench and layed him down gently. “Okay, Angel. You need to stay VERY still!” Angel nodded, he had been still all day. What was another 10 seconds? Especially if after those 10 seconds he could run again. Twilight walked over to Angel. “Don’t move.” Twilight said, and her horn began to glow. Angel was so excited, it was nearly impossible for him not to move. He managed, though. A large smile came upon his face. This was it. After nearly 6 hours. Twilight's horn was just an inch away. Unfortunatly for Angel, just then, Celestia walked in. “Hello, Twilight, and hello to your friends!” she said happily. Twilight’s eyes widened. Her teacher was there! If she didn’t do this spell perfectly, Celestia would be so disappointed! She stopped, and backed away from the bunny. Angel's mouth dropped. His ticket to freedom had left him! He was so close to running and jumping again! Thanks to that Princess, Angel was still immobilized. “Celestia! Hello!” Twilight stood in front of Angel, trying to hide the problem. "How are you all, my little ponies?" Celestia smiled. 'Thanks to you, I still have a broken leg.' Angel thought. "Hiya, Princess! I'm doing great, thanks!" Spike smiled at the princess. "That's wonderful, Spike!" Celestia smiled back. She then turned to the others. "And you all?" "Just dandy, Princess!" Applejack responded. "Lovely, thank you." said Rarity. "Great!" said Rainbow. "Perfect as Pie!" Pinkie giggled. Fluttershy smiled. "I'm good, thank you. How are you today, Princess?" "Wonderful, thank you Fluttershy!" Fluttershy then turned to her friend, again. “Um, Twilight?” 'Oh no!' Twilight thought. 'Please don’t mention Angel! I can’t fail in front of Celestia!' Unfortunatly for Twilight, Fluttershy DID remind her. “Are… you still going to help Angel?” she said quietly. “Who is Angel?” said Celestia. Fluttershy smiled, “Oh, he’s my pet bunny!” “Where is you pet?” Fluttershy turned to Twilight, who was still blocking Angel from Celestia’s sight. “Pardon me, Twilight… but could you step aside, please?” "Oh! Uh... right..." Twilight blushed, and let out an embarrassed laugh. She stepped aside, and Celestia saw the poor bunny’s broken leg. “Oh! Is he alright?” Fluttershy smile grew even wider. “Oh, he’ll be fine! Twilight was just about to heal him!” Celestia smiled too, and turned back Twilight. “Very good, my student! I am proud with your progress!” Twilight blushed again, but she still hoped Celestia wouldn't stay while she performed the trick. “Thank you, Princess…” she tried to sound calm, but it was a bit hard for her. Luckily for Twilight, Celestia had to leave. “Well,” began Celestia, “I shall leave you to heal the rabbit, Twilight Sparkle. Meanwhile, I must find Luna.” And with that, Celestia left. Twilight let out a sigh of relief. Now, she could complete the spell in peace. “Alright, Angel. Sit still and I’ll fix that leg good as new!” Twilight's horn began to glow. Chapter 1: The real eldest sister.Celestia walked through the Castle with a simle. Her student was doing so well! She walked to Luna's room, but then stopped. She wanted to see her student cast the spell. She went back to her own room and looked out the window. Lucky for her, the garden had been made in the perfect spot for her viewing pleasure. Celestia smiled at Twilight Sparkle and her friends in the garden. She saw as her student cast a spell on a little white bunny in the garden. It was Angel, Fluttershy's rabbit. He had fallen and broken his leg. Poor little rabbit.. She thought to herself. A moment later, she could see the rabbit hoping around with joy, its leg all healed! “Very well done, my student.” Celestia smiled. Celestia turned away from the window and looked to her mirror. She stared at her reflection, with a frown on her face. She was depressed. Why? Even SHE barely knew. Was it Twilight? No, Twilight was doing wonderful at magic. The spell she had just cast on the rabbit proved it to be so. Was it her life? No, she had a lovely life. She was the Princess, after all. Perhaps it was because she was imortal? She lived forever, and would eventually see her student die. The thought made a single tear fall from Celestia's cheek. Even though it was sad that one day her student would leave her, she had gotten over that fear long before this time. She still cried a bit now and then, but this sadness was different. It wasn't related to her student. Something else bothered her. What was it? Celestia sighed as she stared at her reflection. She continued to frown. She continued to think of her student, and her friends. She thought to herself about the elements of Harmony. Fluttershy is the element of Kindness. she thought to herself. Rarity represents the element of Generosity. Celestia continued to list the names of the elements in her mind. Rainbow Dash represents the element of Loyalty, Applejack is Honesty, Pinkie Pie is laughter, and Twilight Sparkle is Magic. Celestia turned back to the window and saw her student playing with the bunny. "One of my best students." she smiled. She turned to the mirror again, still wondering why she was so upset. She could hear the laughter of a certain pink pony from a distance. She stared at her frown. Oh, Pinkie wouldn’t like that! She thought to herself, and smiled. Much better! She was still sad, though. And her smile disappeared in a second. Perhaps it is time to get Luna. She exited her room, and left for Luna's room. She walked slowly, her sadness her almost completely taken over. Her head was down as she walked. All the guards stared at the Princess as she walked by. Every single one of them wanted to ask why Celestia was so sad, but none thought they should. As Celestia neared the entrance to Luna's bed chamber, one guard finally spoke up. "Uh... Princess?" Celestia looked up to see the guard. "Yes?" Her voice was not the normal majestic one that we would normally hear, it was a sad one. An almost pleading one. Like that of a filly. The guard stared at her for a moment, she looked different, in the same way her voice sounded different. Her eyes were on the verge of letting several tears go, and her face wore a frown. She didn't look like the Princess we all know. This made the guards even more worried, but they stood firm. After 5 seconds that seemed like 5 hours to both the Princess and the guard, he spoke again. "Well, we wanted to ask if you were feeling alright today. You seem a bit down." Even though a guard was supposed to keep a straight face at all times, this one showed a look of compassion for the Princess. Celestia let her head fall back down the moment his question was complete. "I'll be fine, thank you sir." she said quietly. The guard nodded, even though he wasn't convinced. He watched as Celestia continued to slowly walk down the path to Luna's room. Celestia sighed as she walked by. She needed her sister for comfort, and she needed to tell her that Twilight and her friends had arrived. At the entrance to Luna’s room, she stopped. She continued to wonder about her sadness. However, after a few moments of thought, she knocked on the door. “Lulu? Are you in?” Celestia called. Luna, with her mane messed up terribly, answered the door, “Celestia? Why have you come? Are they here?” She said sleepily. Celestia’s eyes widened. She had forgotten about Luna's rest. “Pardon me, Lulu- er, Luna! I forgot about your rest. There are here, but It was nothing important, you may go back to sleep.” “Oh, it was almost over, anyway." Luna smiled, and then stared at her sister. She saw her apperance, and heard her voice, just as the guard did. Unlike the guard though, she promised herself she was going to find out why her sister was sad. She would do it slowly, though. Taking her time. She started out through a small question with an obvious answer. "Are you sad, Tia?” Seeing as Celestia was using Luna’s nick-name, she thought she should do the same. Celestia smiled. It was just like the old days when they were fillies. She was still sad, though. Why? Was Luna not the sister she wanted? Lulu does not even remember our oldest sister. Celestia thought to herself. She must be reminded. Celestia took a deep breath, but not deep enough for Luna to notice. She thought about how to explain this to Luna. How would she even react? What will I say? Oh, prehaps she will remember... At last, she spoke. “Luna, do you remember Twilight?” Luna tilted her head, confused. She though to herself. Why wouldn’t I?' Luna smiled, anyway. “Of course, sister! Twilight Sparkle and her friends freed me from Nightmare Moon!” “No, not Twilight Sparkle…" Celestia took another deep breath. Hoping she wouldn't have to explain. "...Twilight.” What does she mean by that? Luna thought to herself. Her plan was working, but not in the way she had expected. She continued to stare at her sister. “I… do not understand your question, sister. There is more than one Twilight?” Celestia sighed. Luna had forgotten Twilight. It was just as she had expected, yet she had hoped so much that she wouldn't have to explain. No, Luna must know. She thought. “Come with me, Luna. I will explain.” Luna was unsure, but she had a feeling that whatever ths was, it was important. She gave a suspicious look, but still she listened to Celestia “I trust you, sister…” her voice showed how unsure she was. Celestia walked away, and Luna followed behind her. With every step, and tear seemed to fall down Celestia’s cheek. At first, Luna didn't notice. After a while though, she realzed she was stepping on small pools of water. She looked up at her sister, who was crying silently. She saw several tears, and heard nothing. She felt even more worried at the sight of so many tears, and spoke at last. “Sister,” Luna said, “Is something wrong?” “It’s nothing, Luna… I just miss her.” Celestia's voice was shaky, and Luna's eyes watched as another tear fell. Miss who? This new Twilight she talked about? Please make more sense, Tia. Luna thought. “You miss your student? Isn’t she outside?” Luna was very confused. “No, the other Twilight.” Celestia let her head fall again, as she continued to walk through a hallway that Luna had never been through. “Is that where we are going?" Luna asked eagerly. "You are bringing me to this other Twilight?” “Yes.” Luna stared at her surroundings. There were no guards. That's unusual. She saw many ancient toys and tools that she recognized from her foalhood. She smiled and remembered how things were like before, but then turned back to her sister. “What is she like? This other Twilight, will I like her?” Celestia continued to let tears fall, and her voice was shakier then ever. “Oh, you… you loved her.” Luna’s eyes widened. “You mean… I will love her?” “No…” That word came out of Celestia's mouth like a whisper, but Luna still heard, just barely. With that, Luna became even more worried. She didn’t know why, but something felt wrong… very wrong. She began to drift into thought about this “New Twilight”. What was wrong with her? Surely there was something wrong, or Celestia wouldn’t be crying. Is she evil? Is she a wanted villan? So many acusations when through Luna’s mind, and all of them wrong. When her mind went back to her destination, she found herself at the end of a dark hallway, facing a locked door. It had a small hole in it. It was similar to the door that kept the Elements of Harmony hidden. This was different, though. The door that held the elements was beautiful, and new. This door was old and dusty. Luna stared at it. Celestia began to tear up again. “Luna, I need to teach you a spell." "A new spell? Alright." said Luna. Celestia inserted her horn into the whole of the door, and her horn began to glow. When her horn was removed, the door slowly opened. Luna smiled widely. This is just like the door that holds the elemets! I wonder what it holds... she thought. “It was a trick mother and father taught me…” she admitted. Luna gasped. “Mother and Father?!?!” Celestia nodded, and went inside. Luna couriously followed. The room was dark. Cobwebs were everywhere. How come I never came here before? Luna thought as she followed Celestia into the darkness. She stopped next to Celestia at a lantern, which Celestia lit. “Wait here.” Celestia said to Luna, and she began to light 12 lanterns, Luna counted. After light filled the room, Luna began to explore. She found old things from when she was a filly. All her old toys, and special things from mother and father. Several things in Luna’s mind began to click. Like, “Oh! I remember this!” or “Oh, how fun that was!” or “Oh, how silly we were!” Luna came upon a picture of the family. There was mother, and father. Tears came to Luna’s eyes…. Oh, how she missed them! Celestia was there as a filly. She saw herself as a filly, and thought of herself as So CUTE! She saw another mare in the picture with them. It couldn't have been Cadence, because the mare was bigger than Celestia! Unfortunatly for Luna, the large mare had been scratched out of the picture, so she was unable to identify her. Maybe Celestia remembers this picture. Suddenly, a conclusion popped into Luna's head. Perhaps it was Cadence’s mother? Luna had been wondering about Cadence’s mother for centuries, because Celestia wouldn’t tell her, and Cadence herself didn’t even know! Luna took the picture and ran up to Celestia, who saw staring to at a statue. “Hey, Tia?” Celestia turned to her sister. “What is it?” “Who is this?” Luna pointed to the half-scratched, half-faded mare in the photo. “Is that Cadence’s mother?” Celestia nodded. “Well, who is she?” Luna smiled widely. Finally, after centuries, she would know. Though, seconds after Luna asked, she wished she hadn’t. Tears began to flow from Celestia’s eyes even faster, snd she hung her head in sadness. “Oh, um… if you don’t want to answer… you don’t have to.” Luna hid the picture behind her and decided she could go another 100 years without knowing. “No, it needs to be heard.” Celestia looked to the statue. “Read the ingraving, Luna." Luna turned to the statue that Celestia was staring at. It was a figure of a mare, with words ingraved at the bottom. Luna read, and her eyes had grown wider with every word. She turned to her sister. “Celestia…” Celestia turned to her sister, tears in her eyes. “Why don’t I remember her?” Luna felt water running down her cheeks. She didn't even realize it, but she was crying. Celestia sighed. “Luna, please send word to Twilight Sparkle and her friends. I have a story to tell.” Chapter 2: The statueChapter 2: The statue Twilight was surprised with herself for completing the spell, and was especially surprised that she completed it so well! She watched as the bunny began to do several tricks, obviously happy to hop again. “Oh, Angel!” Fluttershy shouted, worried. “Be careful! You need to rest your leg!” Twilight heard this, and smiled at how caring her friend was, “Oh, Fluttershy! Don’t worry! The spell fixed his leg like it's had a month of rest!” “Oh… okay…” Fluttershy said quietly. She didn't like the idea of arguing, and even less so when she was against her friends. Fluttershy began to hear hoofsteps. Someone is coming. she thought. It's walking here... no, running! It's running this way! Fluttershy's eyes widened. She turned to her friend. "Twilight! Someone is-" “TWILIGHT SPARKLE!!!” A voice yelled. "AH!" At the sound of that voice Fluttershy jumped high in the air, and the moment she got down, she flew straight into the nearest bush. Twilight saw a pony running towards them, but she couldn't tell who is was, yet. She thought about the voice. She recognized it as the traditional royal Canterlot voice. Who do I know that uses the royal Canterlot voice? she thought. Ah, I know. She turned to the pony running towards her. “Princess Luna? Are you okay?” Luna ran up to them, panting. “Twilight Sparkle! Celestia… she needs you… inside…” "But are you alright?" Twilight's face showed compassion for the princess of the night. Compassion that Luna greatly appreciated. Twilight was her first friend in Ponyville, and her closest friend, not including Celestia. Luna tried to calm down, and she smiled at Twilight. “I… ran as fast… as I could…” Twilight looked confused. “You ran? Luna, why didn’t you just teleport here?” Luna’s eyes widened. Why didn't she? In the surprise of what Celestia had just showed her, she must have forgotten that she was able to use magic. I also could have used my wings... she thought. "Twilight Sparkle, next time I wish to travel far, please remind me that I am an alicorn.” “Uh… sure.” Twilight said, still looking consfused. “Now, come Twilight Sparkle and friends! Celestia needs you!” Luna started to run back to the Castle. “Uh… Princess Luna?” “Now time to loose, Twilight Sparkle!” “But, Luna!” Luna sighed and stopped herself with a skid. “What could be more important?!?!” Twilight pointed a hoof to her own horn. “You don’t have to run, you know.” Luna’s eyes widened. She allowed her forehoof to smack her in the face. How does one forget wht she has just said 10 seconds ago? Luna sighed. “Thank you Twilight Sparkle.” Princess Luna’s long horn began to glow bright blue, but before her spell was completed, she was interuppted by a baby dragon. “WAIT!!!” Spike yelled. “What, Spike?” Twilight's eyes widened. She was of course, worried about her #1 assistant. Spike took a deep breath, and spoke at last. “I don’t like teleporting.” He confessed. Twilight also let her hoof hit her face. "Ugh." "But..." Spike began. He didn't just dislike teleporting, he hated it. Mostly, it was because he never knew where he would end up. She felt better when Twilight teleported him, because she ussually told him where they were going. This time, it was Princess Luna who was teleporting him. The mare who was formerly Nightmare Moon. He believed that she had changed, but he was still uncomfortable around her. Also, he didn't know where in the Castle they would end up. Maybe they wouldn't end up in the castle at all! Somewhere in the middle of his thoughts, Spike heard a small voice. “Um… I don’t really like it either…” Fluttershy said, quietly. Spike smiled. He was glad he wasn't the only one who disliked teleporting. It seemed that Twilight didn’t hear her, though. “Go for it, Luna!” shouted Twilight. Luna's horn began to glow bright blue, again. Spike and Fluttershy prepared to disappear and reappear in an entierly different area. Spike's eyes widened. He felt a pony hugging him. He turned around, and found himself being hugged by the yellow pegasus. Well, I'm not that scared of teleporting. he thought. Luna's horn grew brighter and brighter, and Spike blurted "Yes I am!" out loud. He dragged Fluttershy to Twilight and hugged her. Twilight turned around to see Fluttershy hugging Spike, and Spike hugging her. She rolled her eyes, but stood still for the baby dragon. There was a flash of light, and in the next moment, they were all in the dark room that Luna had been in before, all 12 lanterns still glowing. The ponies slowly took in their surroundings. Twilight recognized several ancient tools that she had read about in her studies. This must be where Celestia keeps things from her past. Maybe she wanted to teach us about ancient times. Celestia noticed the flash of light from behind her when the teleported in. She looked away from the statue and turned around to see the ponies. “Hello, again my little ponies.” “Hello again, Princess!” Twilight smiled. A moment after those words were said, Twilight saw the expression on Celestia’s face. Disappointment. Sadness. Fear. Why? Twilight thought. And her smile dropped a spilt-second after it appeared. “What’s wrong, Princess?” Twilight became worried. “As much as I love coming to Canterlot,” Rarity added, “I do not understand why it was so urgent.” “I don’t mind really…” Flutttershy muttered. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes at Fluttershy and sighed. “So, what is it, Princess… es?” Luna smiled at Rainbow recognizing her, but then a thought came to her mind. Someone was missing. Princess Mi Amore Cadenza! She needs to hear this! Luna spoke before Celestia could. “Before that, I must find Cadance. She should know about this, too.” Then Luna teleported away, leaving Twilight and the others to stare at Celestia. Her head hung low, tears all over her face. Twilight’s full attention immediately went to Celestia after Luna left. “Princess…” she began. “you didn’t answer my question. What's wrong? Are you sad? Is it personal? If you’re uncomfortable with answering, I-” Celestia cut her off. “No, Twilight. In truth, I am sad, but I shall explain soon enough.” A tear fell from Celestia’s cheek as she said so; and as that tear fell, Twilight’s worries for her teacher grew stronger. Celestia... why are you so sad? She had never seen Celestia like this, and she never thought she would. She couldn't believe her eyes. Her friends had begun to admire the ancient tools, but not Twilight. She was facinated by them, yes... but she knew Celestia needed her. She stared at the Princess while they waited for Luna. Complete silence fell throughout the room, and it stayed that way until Luna returned with Cadance AND Shinning Armor. Celestia looked up to see them. She was quite surprised to see Shinning Armor, and her expression showed it clearly. Luna knew her sister well. Before she could even ask, an answer came. “Cadance did not wish to come without him, if it was so important.” Luna said to her sister. A smile came upon Celestia’s face, and she nodded at Cadance and Shinning Armor aprovingly. “Very good, Cadance.” The pink alicorn proudly smiled back to her aunt. “Thank you, Auntie Celestia.” After a few moments, Celestia’s smile disappeared yet again. “Well, I’m sure you all have been wondering what this is all about.” “Well, duh!” Pinkie Pie said excitedly. “Pinkie!” Twilight yelled. “That’s no way to speak to the Princess!” “Oh, it’s quite alright Twilight.” Celestia said, her smile nearly coming back. “So, what’s this all ‘bout, Princess?” Applejack seemed as worried as Twilight. Celestia sighed again, then turned to Cadence. “Do you remember Twilight?” Cadance giggled. “She’s… over there…” she pointed a hoof at the lavender mare, who giggled, too. “No, not that Twilight.” Celestia frowned. Remember, Cadance... remember. “Two Twilights?!?!” Pinkie shouted. “Indeed.” Celestia looked calm, and so did Luna. Luna had heard it before. Celestia turned back to Cadance. “Do you remember… ancient times?” “Barely…” Cadance admitted. “Cadance…” Celestia’s voice was full of sadness. “Do you remember the first time… Discord took over?” Cadance’s eyes widened. “I was just a filly… but, yes. I remember some of it. Chaos.” Celestia could barely speak anymore. Her words were between several tears. Oh... please remember... “And Cadance… do you remember… your mother?” Celestia’s face was covered with tears, meanwhile Cadance’s was full of shock and confusion. “My… mother?” Cadance stared into Celestia’s water-filled eyes. Celestia nodded, and Cadance stared into space. It all clicked in that one moment. Discord, her mother, the second Twilight, it all fit together. She fell to the ground, crying. “NO!” Cadance screamed on the floor. Cadance continued to cry, and of course, Shinning Armor comforted her. Twilight Sparkle also came to help her sister-in-law. Cadance wouldn’t stop, though. Only the 3 Princesses understood, now. Twilight turned to her teacher, still confused. “Celestia, what’s wrong with Cadance?” Twilight tilted her head in confusion. Celestia motioned to the figure she had been standing in front of the whole time. All the ponies (and dragon and bunny) moved forward to look. All expect Luna, Celestia, and Cadance. Shinning Armor also stayed by Cadence. He wanted to see too, but Cadance wouldn’t move. “I DON’T WANT TO SEE! I DON’T WANT TO SEE HER!” She screamed in between cries. Celestia stared at the ground, as the ponies stared at the staue of an alicorn mare. “Read the ingraving, Twilight Sparkle.” Celestia said quietly. Twilight read aloud what Luna did minutes ago: “Dedicated to Princess Midnight, daughter of Queen Galaxia and King Chronos. Her bravery and quick thinking saved us all from a terrible villan. We all owe her our thanks.” For a while, everypony was silent. Most of them waiting for Celestia to speak. But Celestia couldn't build the courage to say anything. "I don't get it." Fluttershy's quiet voice broke the silence. Celestia sighed, realizing she would have to further explain. "Queen Galaxia and King Chronos... are my parents." The whole group gasped. Twilight was shocked. She turned back to her teacher. “Celestia, are you implying that Luna isn't your only sister?!?!” she screamed. Twilight turned to Luna. "You have another sister?!?!" "Princess Midnight was my mother." said a voice from across the room. Twilight knew who it was. It was the alicorn that was hiding from the statue. The alicorn that was hiding from the truth. "Cadance... this is your mother?" Twilight nodded to the statue Cadance had been cowering from. Cadance nodded slowly. "I barely remembered her... until now." Cadance walked up to the statue. She read the ingraving for herself, to be sure. She looked into the carved eyes of it, and circled it twice. This is her. The statue was made so that it would look down on the ponies that would look at her. Cadence stood in front, so that her mother looked directly at her. "Princess Midnight was her real name... but they called her Princess Twilght." Cadance said with a frown. "Wait... she has two names?" Twilight said, confused. Cadance turned to her sister. "Everyone is the royal family has two names. King Chronos' real name was King Nocturne, and Queen Galaxia's real name was Queen Faust. Only the royal family knows that, though. That's why their real names aren't on the ingraving. My real name, as you know, is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza." "My real name is Princess Selena." Luna said with a smile. Twilight turned to her teacher. "What's your real name?" Celestia sighed, and muttered somthing to quiet to understand. Oh no, is Fluttershy's shyness contagious or something? Well, that's highly unlikey. "I didn't hear you, Princess..." Twilight trotted closer to her. "Well, I have 3 names, actually." Celestia admitted. "Three?" Cadance looked shocked. "Yes, I have my original name, my real name, and what I am called." Celestia said, quietly. "But... I was told that your real name was Empyria, based on empyrean!" Cadance stared at Celestia. "Yes, but my original name was Molestia." "Why?" "Your mother was too young to know the meaning of the base of that word. It was her idea, but not her fault. She was just a filly." "Oh..." Cadance turned back to the statue, staring at it. Cadance's memories haunted her. Or at least, what she could remember. She remembered her mother, cradling her in her arms. She remembered her mother singing a song to her, like all good mothers. She didn't realize it, but she began to sing the song out loud. Sun gowns down, and we are here together. Fireflies, glow like 1,000 charms. Stay with me, and you can dream forever, Right here in my arms. Celestia walked up to her neice and sang the second verse. It's magic, when you are here beside me, Close your eyes, and let me hold you tight. Everything, that I could ever need, Is right here in my arms... Tonight. Luna joined in as well, singing the third verse. Sounds of day, Fade away, Stars begin to climb. Melodies, Fill the breeze, Sweeter all the time. They all sang the last verse... Luna singing the harmony in parenthesis Sun gowns down, and you are here beside me. (My love) Fireflies, glow like 1,000 charms. (is always with you weather near or far) Stay with me, and you can dream forever, (how sweet, to hold you) Right here in my arms. Tonight. Cadance hugged the statue as if it were real. She couldn't help it. She never realized how much she missed her mother until now. "Aww..." Fluttershy smiled after Cadance was finished. Celestia smiled. She loved the song her sister would sing. Cadance remembered. Luna remembered. They all remembered. Rainbow Dash stared at Celestia. "Wait a minute, I still don't get it! What happened to this 'Princess Twilight' " Celestia sighed once more. “Sit down, all of you. Luna, Cadence, and I have a story to tell.” Chapter 3: The story of the two original sistersCelestia panted as she ran through the forest as fast as her legs could carry her. She was still a filly, one not yet able to teleport farther than one foot, but at least the pony who had been chasing her wasn't teleporting. It went on for Celestia, running, then teleporting, then running, and teleporting again. Several times she tripped in twigs, but was able to get up fast enough to stay ahead of the other pony. "I'll get you!" voice called. "Never!" Celestia called back. Every second she felt like she was getting slower and slower. This was true. The poor little filly had gotten tired of running and teleporting. She had to keep going, though. "Gotta find a place to hide..." Celestia said to herself. She looked around every tree and boulder for some sort of cave. "Aha!" Celestia smiled. She hid behind a large tree that had been somewhat carved out. Celestia tried to calm down, tried to catch her breath, but she couldn't stop panting. Her heart was pounding so hard, she almost knew the other pony could hear it. She began to take deep breaths. She looked outside her cave to find nopony there. She let out a sigh of relief. A moment later though, she heard a twig snap in two. She let out a gasp, but covered her mouth before she would scream. She looked again to see the shadow of another pony, coming closer and closer. Celestia couldn't help it. Her panting got louder and louder. Suddenly, the figure of a dark pony was right in front of her. She was backed up against her "tree cave", but she couldn't run. She let out a small scream as the figure's hoof reached out to touch her. "HA!" yelled the figure. "I caught you!" Celestia was panting. "Okay, night... you win." "Wanna play again?" The other alicorn was still excited. "Sure, but first, I'm thirsty." Celestia was still trying to catch her breath. Midnight stared at her sister. She was really exhausted. She looked around for anything to drink. "I don't see any wells, Tia." Celestia looked, too. "Wasn't there a well back there?" she pointed the place where they had started their game of tag. "I think so..." Midnight tried to remember if there was one, or not. "So, let's go!" Midnight began to trot off, but she turned back to see her sister, barely moving. "Nighty... I'm to tired..." "Oh... well, I'll walk slowly with you." Midnight ran back to her sister. "Hey, did mom and dad show you how to teleport far, yet? Because it's exhausting having to teleport over and over again." "No, I'm supposed to learn it next week... and yes, teleporting is tiring." "Aww..." "It's okay. The well's not that far." "Well, that's how it seemed when we where running, not we're walking... really slowly." Celestia said sadly. "Oh, yeah..." Midnight looked ahead and saw the well. It looked like the size of an ant. "Oh, well..." said Celestia, frowning. "It's okay. We can talk while we walk!" Midnight giggled. "Okay. So, what spells have mother and father taught you?" Celestia asked couriously. "Oh, none really. Levetation, mostly." "Really? That's it?" Celestia tilted her head in confusion. "Yeah. They say they're gonna teach me more next week." "Can you show me the levetation spell on large objects? Please? You don't have to teach me!" Midnight rolled her eyes. "Sure I don't." Her horn began to glow blue-black, and in a moment, she held her sister in the air. "WOW!" Midnight put her sister down,and picked up a large boulder next to her sister, and threw it nearly to the well. Her horn then stopped glowing. "Whats it fun?" "Of course!" Celestia smiled. "Oh! Show me how it works!" Midnight rolled her eyes again, and laughed. "I knew you'd ask." "You did?" Midnight nodded. "You want to know everything!" "I do?" Midnight face-hoofed. "I suppose a pony that wants to know everything, will become a very wise pony someday!" She patted her sister on the head. "Well... can you teach me anyway?" asked Celestia. "No, mom and dad are going to teach you when it's time." "Aw..." Midnight giggled, and look ahead, again. The well was no more than three feet away! "Hey, we made it!" She smiled. "WATER!!!" Celestia ran to the well, pulled the water bucket, and nearly drank the whole thing. "Wow! You were thirsty!" "Told you!" Celestia laughed. "Alright, well, we better get back to mom and dad." "Aww... more walking?" "Yes, sorry." Midinight began to walk home, and Celestia followed. "Hey, Night?" said Celestia "Yes, Tia?" "I heard mom and dad talking about us raising the sun and moon... is that true? Will we get to do that?" "Oh... ease dropping again, are we?" Celestia giggled. "Okay, okay... I did. But, is it true?" "What do you think?" Midnight gave her sister a smile and a wink. Celestia's eyes widened. "So it is true! Cool! Who's gonna raise for the sun?" "Who do you think?" Midnight giggled. "My name is Midnight, yours is Empyria, or 'Celestia'. Why would it go any other way?" Celestia stood there with her head tilted in confusion. Midnight sighed. "Do you like the sun better?" Celestia nodded. "Then it's yours, sister. I prefered the moon, anyway." Midnight was happy that they agreed. Celestia trotted home happy wearing the widest smile she ever had. "I didn't know smiles could get that big..." Midnight said to herself "Hey, Night?" Celestia turned to her sister. "Yes, Tia?" "I also heard mom and dad said we're gonna run the kingdom when we're bigger... do you think we can?" "I don't know. I hope so." "I hope I'm gonna be a good ruler..." Celestia said incocently. "Oh, you'll be the best!" Midnight reassured her. Celestia smiled. "Thanks, sis!" She hugged her older sister. "Anything for you, Tia." And they happily trotted home together.
Prolouge“Okay, I sent the letter to Twilight Sparkle, Celestia.” Luna said sleepily. “May I rest, now?” “Of course, Luna.” Celestia smiled. Luna began to trot to her room, then she stopped in her tracks. Something bothered her. “Wait,” “Yes?” “What is so important that Twilight and her friends must come to all the way to Canterlot?” Celestia looked at the ground. “I’ll tell you when I tell them.” Luna became worried, but she knew Celestia would be fine. And normally, Luna would argue about Celestia keeping secrets from her, but she was much too sleepy. “Alright.” Luna then walked slowly to her room to rest. Celestia sighed as she stared out her window. She felt… sad for some reason. ________________________________________________________ Twilight Sparkle went through her checklist, smiling. As usual, she read it aloud to herself. “Let’s see… I got more ink and parchment, check. I reorganized the books at the entrance of the library, check. I…” Twilight gasped. “I FORGOT TO GIVE RAINBOW DASH THE NEXT COPY OF “DARING DO”!!!” she screamed. Just then, the cyan Pegasus walked in. Well, more like she flew in. “Did somepony call my name?” she said proudly. Twilight let out a sigh of relief. “Oh, Rainbow! I’m so sorry! I forgot to-” Rainbow Dash cut her off. “Give me the next copy of Daring Do. I know, that’s why I came!” Twilight still looked worried. “You’re not mad, are you?” “Not at all! You have it, right?” Twilight levitated the next book in front of her friend, and Rainbow grabbed it eagerly. “THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!” “Of course, Rainbow!” Twilight smiled. Just then, a white scroll popped up in front of Twilight. She gasped. “It’s a letter from Princess….” Twilight looked at the ribbon that tied the scroll together. It was not the mark of Celestia. It was the mark of someone else! “Luna?” She said as she stared at the “L” mark. Twilight opened the scroll, and began to read. Rainbow flew up behind her and read, too. Rainbow was also intrigued. She had never heard of Twilight getting a letter from Princess Luna. She read with Twilight from behind. Twilight read aloud: “Twilight, Celestia has impotant news! Gather up your frends and meet us at the grden at the castle in Cantrlot. She said yur friend Fluttersy might like that locaton. Not need to hury, though. I’m gonna take a quik nap. I’m really tird today. Tak your time, Frm, Luna P.S. Sory for speling errors that might be in thre. I’m a terible writer when I’m tired.” Rainbow Dash laughed at Luna’s misspelling, meanwhile Twilight remained confused. What was so important? “C’mon Rainbow Dash! I’ll get Pinkie and Applejack, you get Rarity and Fluttershy.” Rainbow sighed and flew out the door, to the Spa. That’s where Rarity and Fluttershy would normally be at this time. Meanwhile, Twilight woke up Spike, and then ran to Applejack’s barn, then to Sugarcube corner. _________________________________________________________ After about an hour or so, Celestia saw the train arrive in front of the Castle. She could hear her student instructing the group. “Okay, girls… and Spike, and Angel. Celestia said she would meet us in the garden.” She smiled. Her student was so organized, although… often too involved in her studies. She was worse before, but still. She left her room to go to the garden. She had much to tell her student. ________________________________________________________ As the train came to a stop, Twilight and her friends exited. Twilight stood in front of them all. “Okay, girls… and Spike, and Angel. Celestia said she would meet us in the garden.” Fluttershy’s eyes widened. “G-Garden?!?!” Twilight stared at her friend. “Why, yes Fluttershy. Celestia scheduled it there with you in mind!” Fluttershy looked down in shame. “Oh, well… last time… I had a little problem with the animals…” Fluttershy had a quick flashback of her scaring all the animals at the Gala. Twilight’s eyes widened. She remembered. “Well, I suppose you can just wait outside. Isn’t that why you brought Angel? To keep you company?” Twilight nodded to the little white bunny on Fluttershy’s back. Fluttershy turned to look at Angel, then spoke, “Oh, no! I brought little Angel because he broke his leg! He needs care, and I couldn’t just leave him at home!” Twilight took a good look at the bunny, and saw that the white around his leg wasn’t fur, it was in fact a cast. Twilight blushed. She wondered why Angel was staying put for the first time scince... ever! On the train she almost said 'Why does that patch of fur look different the the others?' She was glad she kept her mouth shut. She turned back to Fluttershy. “Oh, well… I can fix that!” Fluttershy's eyes widened. “You can?” Angel's ears suddenly perked up. He was soo bored not being able to move around. “Yes! I’ve been working on a spell that will heal the injured!” “Can you try it?” “Of course!” Then Twilight mumbled, “Though he may end up with his leg cut off….” Luckily, Fluttershy barely heard it. “What?” Angel was too busy being excited to hear what Twilight had said. “NOTHING!” “Oh…” “Just set Angel down over there.” Twilight nodded to a small bench. Fluttershy brought Angel over to the bench and layed him down gently. “Okay, Angel. You need to stay VERY still!” Angel nodded, he had been still all day. What was another 10 seconds? Especially if after those 10 seconds he could run again. Twilight walked over to Angel. “Don’t move.” Twilight said, and her horn began to glow. Angel was so excited, it was nearly impossible for him not to move. He managed, though. A large smile came upon his face. This was it. After nearly 6 hours. Twilight's horn was just an inch away. Unfortunatly for Angel, just then, Celestia walked in. “Hello, Twilight, and hello to your friends!” she said happily. Twilight’s eyes widened. Her teacher was there! If she didn’t do this spell perfectly, Celestia would be so disappointed! She stopped, and backed away from the bunny. Angel's mouth dropped. His ticket to freedom had left him! He was so close to running and jumping again! Thanks to that Princess, Angel was still immobilized. “Celestia! Hello!” Twilight stood in front of Angel, trying to hide the problem. "How are you all, my little ponies?" Celestia smiled. 'Thanks to you, I still have a broken leg.' Angel thought. "Hiya, Princess! I'm doing great, thanks!" Spike smiled at the princess. "That's wonderful, Spike!" Celestia smiled back. She then turned to the others. "And you all?" "Just dandy, Princess!" Applejack responded. "Lovely, thank you." said Rarity. "Great!" said Rainbow. "Perfect as Pie!" Pinkie giggled. Fluttershy smiled. "I'm good, thank you. How are you today, Princess?" "Wonderful, thank you Fluttershy!" Fluttershy then turned to her friend, again. “Um, Twilight?” 'Oh no!' Twilight thought. 'Please don’t mention Angel! I can’t fail in front of Celestia!' Unfortunatly for Twilight, Fluttershy DID remind her. “Are… you still going to help Angel?” she said quietly. “Who is Angel?” said Celestia. Fluttershy smiled, “Oh, he’s my pet bunny!” “Where is you pet?” Fluttershy turned to Twilight, who was still blocking Angel from Celestia’s sight. “Pardon me, Twilight… but could you step aside, please?” "Oh! Uh... right..." Twilight blushed, and let out an embarrassed laugh. She stepped aside, and Celestia saw the poor bunny’s broken leg. “Oh! Is he alright?” Fluttershy smile grew even wider. “Oh, he’ll be fine! Twilight was just about to heal him!” Celestia smiled too, and turned back Twilight. “Very good, my student! I am proud with your progress!” Twilight blushed again, but she still hoped Celestia wouldn't stay while she performed the trick. “Thank you, Princess…” she tried to sound calm, but it was a bit hard for her. Luckily for Twilight, Celestia had to leave. “Well,” began Celestia, “I shall leave you to heal the rabbit, Twilight Sparkle. Meanwhile, I must find Luna.” And with that, Celestia left. Twilight let out a sigh of relief. Now, she could complete the spell in peace. “Alright, Angel. Sit still and I’ll fix that leg good as new!” Twilight's horn began to glow.
Chapter 1: The real eldest sister.Celestia walked through the Castle with a simle. Her student was doing so well! She walked to Luna's room, but then stopped. She wanted to see her student cast the spell. She went back to her own room and looked out the window. Lucky for her, the garden had been made in the perfect spot for her viewing pleasure. Celestia smiled at Twilight Sparkle and her friends in the garden. She saw as her student cast a spell on a little white bunny in the garden. It was Angel, Fluttershy's rabbit. He had fallen and broken his leg. Poor little rabbit.. She thought to herself. A moment later, she could see the rabbit hoping around with joy, its leg all healed! “Very well done, my student.” Celestia smiled. Celestia turned away from the window and looked to her mirror. She stared at her reflection, with a frown on her face. She was depressed. Why? Even SHE barely knew. Was it Twilight? No, Twilight was doing wonderful at magic. The spell she had just cast on the rabbit proved it to be so. Was it her life? No, she had a lovely life. She was the Princess, after all. Perhaps it was because she was imortal? She lived forever, and would eventually see her student die. The thought made a single tear fall from Celestia's cheek. Even though it was sad that one day her student would leave her, she had gotten over that fear long before this time. She still cried a bit now and then, but this sadness was different. It wasn't related to her student. Something else bothered her. What was it? Celestia sighed as she stared at her reflection. She continued to frown. She continued to think of her student, and her friends. She thought to herself about the elements of Harmony. Fluttershy is the element of Kindness. she thought to herself. Rarity represents the element of Generosity. Celestia continued to list the names of the elements in her mind. Rainbow Dash represents the element of Loyalty, Applejack is Honesty, Pinkie Pie is laughter, and Twilight Sparkle is Magic. Celestia turned back to the window and saw her student playing with the bunny. "One of my best students." she smiled. She turned to the mirror again, still wondering why she was so upset. She could hear the laughter of a certain pink pony from a distance. She stared at her frown. Oh, Pinkie wouldn’t like that! She thought to herself, and smiled. Much better! She was still sad, though. And her smile disappeared in a second. Perhaps it is time to get Luna. She exited her room, and left for Luna's room. She walked slowly, her sadness her almost completely taken over. Her head was down as she walked. All the guards stared at the Princess as she walked by. Every single one of them wanted to ask why Celestia was so sad, but none thought they should. As Celestia neared the entrance to Luna's bed chamber, one guard finally spoke up. "Uh... Princess?" Celestia looked up to see the guard. "Yes?" Her voice was not the normal majestic one that we would normally hear, it was a sad one. An almost pleading one. Like that of a filly. The guard stared at her for a moment, she looked different, in the same way her voice sounded different. Her eyes were on the verge of letting several tears go, and her face wore a frown. She didn't look like the Princess we all know. This made the guards even more worried, but they stood firm. After 5 seconds that seemed like 5 hours to both the Princess and the guard, he spoke again. "Well, we wanted to ask if you were feeling alright today. You seem a bit down." Even though a guard was supposed to keep a straight face at all times, this one showed a look of compassion for the Princess. Celestia let her head fall back down the moment his question was complete. "I'll be fine, thank you sir." she said quietly. The guard nodded, even though he wasn't convinced. He watched as Celestia continued to slowly walk down the path to Luna's room. Celestia sighed as she walked by. She needed her sister for comfort, and she needed to tell her that Twilight and her friends had arrived. At the entrance to Luna’s room, she stopped. She continued to wonder about her sadness. However, after a few moments of thought, she knocked on the door. “Lulu? Are you in?” Celestia called. Luna, with her mane messed up terribly, answered the door, “Celestia? Why have you come? Are they here?” She said sleepily. Celestia’s eyes widened. She had forgotten about Luna's rest. “Pardon me, Lulu- er, Luna! I forgot about your rest. There are here, but It was nothing important, you may go back to sleep.” “Oh, it was almost over, anyway." Luna smiled, and then stared at her sister. She saw her apperance, and heard her voice, just as the guard did. Unlike the guard though, she promised herself she was going to find out why her sister was sad. She would do it slowly, though. Taking her time. She started out through a small question with an obvious answer. "Are you sad, Tia?” Seeing as Celestia was using Luna’s nick-name, she thought she should do the same. Celestia smiled. It was just like the old days when they were fillies. She was still sad, though. Why? Was Luna not the sister she wanted? Lulu does not even remember our oldest sister. Celestia thought to herself. She must be reminded. Celestia took a deep breath, but not deep enough for Luna to notice. She thought about how to explain this to Luna. How would she even react? What will I say? Oh, prehaps she will remember... At last, she spoke. “Luna, do you remember Twilight?” Luna tilted her head, confused. She though to herself. Why wouldn’t I?' Luna smiled, anyway. “Of course, sister! Twilight Sparkle and her friends freed me from Nightmare Moon!” “No, not Twilight Sparkle…" Celestia took another deep breath. Hoping she wouldn't have to explain. "...Twilight.” What does she mean by that? Luna thought to herself. Her plan was working, but not in the way she had expected. She continued to stare at her sister. “I… do not understand your question, sister. There is more than one Twilight?” Celestia sighed. Luna had forgotten Twilight. It was just as she had expected, yet she had hoped so much that she wouldn't have to explain. No, Luna must know. She thought. “Come with me, Luna. I will explain.” Luna was unsure, but she had a feeling that whatever ths was, it was important. She gave a suspicious look, but still she listened to Celestia “I trust you, sister…” her voice showed how unsure she was. Celestia walked away, and Luna followed behind her. With every step, and tear seemed to fall down Celestia’s cheek. At first, Luna didn't notice. After a while though, she realzed she was stepping on small pools of water. She looked up at her sister, who was crying silently. She saw several tears, and heard nothing. She felt even more worried at the sight of so many tears, and spoke at last. “Sister,” Luna said, “Is something wrong?” “It’s nothing, Luna… I just miss her.” Celestia's voice was shaky, and Luna's eyes watched as another tear fell. Miss who? This new Twilight she talked about? Please make more sense, Tia. Luna thought. “You miss your student? Isn’t she outside?” Luna was very confused. “No, the other Twilight.” Celestia let her head fall again, as she continued to walk through a hallway that Luna had never been through. “Is that where we are going?" Luna asked eagerly. "You are bringing me to this other Twilight?” “Yes.” Luna stared at her surroundings. There were no guards. That's unusual. She saw many ancient toys and tools that she recognized from her foalhood. She smiled and remembered how things were like before, but then turned back to her sister. “What is she like? This other Twilight, will I like her?” Celestia continued to let tears fall, and her voice was shakier then ever. “Oh, you… you loved her.” Luna’s eyes widened. “You mean… I will love her?” “No…” That word came out of Celestia's mouth like a whisper, but Luna still heard, just barely. With that, Luna became even more worried. She didn’t know why, but something felt wrong… very wrong. She began to drift into thought about this “New Twilight”. What was wrong with her? Surely there was something wrong, or Celestia wouldn’t be crying. Is she evil? Is she a wanted villan? So many acusations when through Luna’s mind, and all of them wrong. When her mind went back to her destination, she found herself at the end of a dark hallway, facing a locked door. It had a small hole in it. It was similar to the door that kept the Elements of Harmony hidden. This was different, though. The door that held the elements was beautiful, and new. This door was old and dusty. Luna stared at it. Celestia began to tear up again. “Luna, I need to teach you a spell." "A new spell? Alright." said Luna. Celestia inserted her horn into the whole of the door, and her horn began to glow. When her horn was removed, the door slowly opened. Luna smiled widely. This is just like the door that holds the elemets! I wonder what it holds... she thought. “It was a trick mother and father taught me…” she admitted. Luna gasped. “Mother and Father?!?!” Celestia nodded, and went inside. Luna couriously followed. The room was dark. Cobwebs were everywhere. How come I never came here before? Luna thought as she followed Celestia into the darkness. She stopped next to Celestia at a lantern, which Celestia lit. “Wait here.” Celestia said to Luna, and she began to light 12 lanterns, Luna counted. After light filled the room, Luna began to explore. She found old things from when she was a filly. All her old toys, and special things from mother and father. Several things in Luna’s mind began to click. Like, “Oh! I remember this!” or “Oh, how fun that was!” or “Oh, how silly we were!” Luna came upon a picture of the family. There was mother, and father. Tears came to Luna’s eyes…. Oh, how she missed them! Celestia was there as a filly. She saw herself as a filly, and thought of herself as So CUTE! She saw another mare in the picture with them. It couldn't have been Cadence, because the mare was bigger than Celestia! Unfortunatly for Luna, the large mare had been scratched out of the picture, so she was unable to identify her. Maybe Celestia remembers this picture. Suddenly, a conclusion popped into Luna's head. Perhaps it was Cadence’s mother? Luna had been wondering about Cadence’s mother for centuries, because Celestia wouldn’t tell her, and Cadence herself didn’t even know! Luna took the picture and ran up to Celestia, who saw staring to at a statue. “Hey, Tia?” Celestia turned to her sister. “What is it?” “Who is this?” Luna pointed to the half-scratched, half-faded mare in the photo. “Is that Cadence’s mother?” Celestia nodded. “Well, who is she?” Luna smiled widely. Finally, after centuries, she would know. Though, seconds after Luna asked, she wished she hadn’t. Tears began to flow from Celestia’s eyes even faster, snd she hung her head in sadness. “Oh, um… if you don’t want to answer… you don’t have to.” Luna hid the picture behind her and decided she could go another 100 years without knowing. “No, it needs to be heard.” Celestia looked to the statue. “Read the ingraving, Luna." Luna turned to the statue that Celestia was staring at. It was a figure of a mare, with words ingraved at the bottom. Luna read, and her eyes had grown wider with every word. She turned to her sister. “Celestia…” Celestia turned to her sister, tears in her eyes. “Why don’t I remember her?” Luna felt water running down her cheeks. She didn't even realize it, but she was crying. Celestia sighed. “Luna, please send word to Twilight Sparkle and her friends. I have a story to tell.”
Chapter 2: The statueChapter 2: The statue Twilight was surprised with herself for completing the spell, and was especially surprised that she completed it so well! She watched as the bunny began to do several tricks, obviously happy to hop again. “Oh, Angel!” Fluttershy shouted, worried. “Be careful! You need to rest your leg!” Twilight heard this, and smiled at how caring her friend was, “Oh, Fluttershy! Don’t worry! The spell fixed his leg like it's had a month of rest!” “Oh… okay…” Fluttershy said quietly. She didn't like the idea of arguing, and even less so when she was against her friends. Fluttershy began to hear hoofsteps. Someone is coming. she thought. It's walking here... no, running! It's running this way! Fluttershy's eyes widened. She turned to her friend. "Twilight! Someone is-" “TWILIGHT SPARKLE!!!” A voice yelled. "AH!" At the sound of that voice Fluttershy jumped high in the air, and the moment she got down, she flew straight into the nearest bush. Twilight saw a pony running towards them, but she couldn't tell who is was, yet. She thought about the voice. She recognized it as the traditional royal Canterlot voice. Who do I know that uses the royal Canterlot voice? she thought. Ah, I know. She turned to the pony running towards her. “Princess Luna? Are you okay?” Luna ran up to them, panting. “Twilight Sparkle! Celestia… she needs you… inside…” "But are you alright?" Twilight's face showed compassion for the princess of the night. Compassion that Luna greatly appreciated. Twilight was her first friend in Ponyville, and her closest friend, not including Celestia. Luna tried to calm down, and she smiled at Twilight. “I… ran as fast… as I could…” Twilight looked confused. “You ran? Luna, why didn’t you just teleport here?” Luna’s eyes widened. Why didn't she? In the surprise of what Celestia had just showed her, she must have forgotten that she was able to use magic. I also could have used my wings... she thought. "Twilight Sparkle, next time I wish to travel far, please remind me that I am an alicorn.” “Uh… sure.” Twilight said, still looking consfused. “Now, come Twilight Sparkle and friends! Celestia needs you!” Luna started to run back to the Castle. “Uh… Princess Luna?” “Now time to loose, Twilight Sparkle!” “But, Luna!” Luna sighed and stopped herself with a skid. “What could be more important?!?!” Twilight pointed a hoof to her own horn. “You don’t have to run, you know.” Luna’s eyes widened. She allowed her forehoof to smack her in the face. How does one forget wht she has just said 10 seconds ago? Luna sighed. “Thank you Twilight Sparkle.” Princess Luna’s long horn began to glow bright blue, but before her spell was completed, she was interuppted by a baby dragon. “WAIT!!!” Spike yelled. “What, Spike?” Twilight's eyes widened. She was of course, worried about her #1 assistant. Spike took a deep breath, and spoke at last. “I don’t like teleporting.” He confessed. Twilight also let her hoof hit her face. "Ugh." "But..." Spike began. He didn't just dislike teleporting, he hated it. Mostly, it was because he never knew where he would end up. She felt better when Twilight teleported him, because she ussually told him where they were going. This time, it was Princess Luna who was teleporting him. The mare who was formerly Nightmare Moon. He believed that she had changed, but he was still uncomfortable around her. Also, he didn't know where in the Castle they would end up. Maybe they wouldn't end up in the castle at all! Somewhere in the middle of his thoughts, Spike heard a small voice. “Um… I don’t really like it either…” Fluttershy said, quietly. Spike smiled. He was glad he wasn't the only one who disliked teleporting. It seemed that Twilight didn’t hear her, though. “Go for it, Luna!” shouted Twilight. Luna's horn began to glow bright blue, again. Spike and Fluttershy prepared to disappear and reappear in an entierly different area. Spike's eyes widened. He felt a pony hugging him. He turned around, and found himself being hugged by the yellow pegasus. Well, I'm not that scared of teleporting. he thought. Luna's horn grew brighter and brighter, and Spike blurted "Yes I am!" out loud. He dragged Fluttershy to Twilight and hugged her. Twilight turned around to see Fluttershy hugging Spike, and Spike hugging her. She rolled her eyes, but stood still for the baby dragon. There was a flash of light, and in the next moment, they were all in the dark room that Luna had been in before, all 12 lanterns still glowing. The ponies slowly took in their surroundings. Twilight recognized several ancient tools that she had read about in her studies. This must be where Celestia keeps things from her past. Maybe she wanted to teach us about ancient times. Celestia noticed the flash of light from behind her when the teleported in. She looked away from the statue and turned around to see the ponies. “Hello, again my little ponies.” “Hello again, Princess!” Twilight smiled. A moment after those words were said, Twilight saw the expression on Celestia’s face. Disappointment. Sadness. Fear. Why? Twilight thought. And her smile dropped a spilt-second after it appeared. “What’s wrong, Princess?” Twilight became worried. “As much as I love coming to Canterlot,” Rarity added, “I do not understand why it was so urgent.” “I don’t mind really…” Flutttershy muttered. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes at Fluttershy and sighed. “So, what is it, Princess… es?” Luna smiled at Rainbow recognizing her, but then a thought came to her mind. Someone was missing. Princess Mi Amore Cadenza! She needs to hear this! Luna spoke before Celestia could. “Before that, I must find Cadance. She should know about this, too.” Then Luna teleported away, leaving Twilight and the others to stare at Celestia. Her head hung low, tears all over her face. Twilight’s full attention immediately went to Celestia after Luna left. “Princess…” she began. “you didn’t answer my question. What's wrong? Are you sad? Is it personal? If you’re uncomfortable with answering, I-” Celestia cut her off. “No, Twilight. In truth, I am sad, but I shall explain soon enough.” A tear fell from Celestia’s cheek as she said so; and as that tear fell, Twilight’s worries for her teacher grew stronger. Celestia... why are you so sad? She had never seen Celestia like this, and she never thought she would. She couldn't believe her eyes. Her friends had begun to admire the ancient tools, but not Twilight. She was facinated by them, yes... but she knew Celestia needed her. She stared at the Princess while they waited for Luna. Complete silence fell throughout the room, and it stayed that way until Luna returned with Cadance AND Shinning Armor. Celestia looked up to see them. She was quite surprised to see Shinning Armor, and her expression showed it clearly. Luna knew her sister well. Before she could even ask, an answer came. “Cadance did not wish to come without him, if it was so important.” Luna said to her sister. A smile came upon Celestia’s face, and she nodded at Cadance and Shinning Armor aprovingly. “Very good, Cadance.” The pink alicorn proudly smiled back to her aunt. “Thank you, Auntie Celestia.” After a few moments, Celestia’s smile disappeared yet again. “Well, I’m sure you all have been wondering what this is all about.” “Well, duh!” Pinkie Pie said excitedly. “Pinkie!” Twilight yelled. “That’s no way to speak to the Princess!” “Oh, it’s quite alright Twilight.” Celestia said, her smile nearly coming back. “So, what’s this all ‘bout, Princess?” Applejack seemed as worried as Twilight. Celestia sighed again, then turned to Cadence. “Do you remember Twilight?” Cadance giggled. “She’s… over there…” she pointed a hoof at the lavender mare, who giggled, too. “No, not that Twilight.” Celestia frowned. Remember, Cadance... remember. “Two Twilights?!?!” Pinkie shouted. “Indeed.” Celestia looked calm, and so did Luna. Luna had heard it before. Celestia turned back to Cadance. “Do you remember… ancient times?” “Barely…” Cadance admitted. “Cadance…” Celestia’s voice was full of sadness. “Do you remember the first time… Discord took over?” Cadance’s eyes widened. “I was just a filly… but, yes. I remember some of it. Chaos.” Celestia could barely speak anymore. Her words were between several tears. Oh... please remember... “And Cadance… do you remember… your mother?” Celestia’s face was covered with tears, meanwhile Cadance’s was full of shock and confusion. “My… mother?” Cadance stared into Celestia’s water-filled eyes. Celestia nodded, and Cadance stared into space. It all clicked in that one moment. Discord, her mother, the second Twilight, it all fit together. She fell to the ground, crying. “NO!” Cadance screamed on the floor. Cadance continued to cry, and of course, Shinning Armor comforted her. Twilight Sparkle also came to help her sister-in-law. Cadance wouldn’t stop, though. Only the 3 Princesses understood, now. Twilight turned to her teacher, still confused. “Celestia, what’s wrong with Cadance?” Twilight tilted her head in confusion. Celestia motioned to the figure she had been standing in front of the whole time. All the ponies (and dragon and bunny) moved forward to look. All expect Luna, Celestia, and Cadance. Shinning Armor also stayed by Cadence. He wanted to see too, but Cadance wouldn’t move. “I DON’T WANT TO SEE! I DON’T WANT TO SEE HER!” She screamed in between cries. Celestia stared at the ground, as the ponies stared at the staue of an alicorn mare. “Read the ingraving, Twilight Sparkle.” Celestia said quietly. Twilight read aloud what Luna did minutes ago: “Dedicated to Princess Midnight, daughter of Queen Galaxia and King Chronos. Her bravery and quick thinking saved us all from a terrible villan. We all owe her our thanks.” For a while, everypony was silent. Most of them waiting for Celestia to speak. But Celestia couldn't build the courage to say anything. "I don't get it." Fluttershy's quiet voice broke the silence. Celestia sighed, realizing she would have to further explain. "Queen Galaxia and King Chronos... are my parents." The whole group gasped. Twilight was shocked. She turned back to her teacher. “Celestia, are you implying that Luna isn't your only sister?!?!” she screamed. Twilight turned to Luna. "You have another sister?!?!" "Princess Midnight was my mother." said a voice from across the room. Twilight knew who it was. It was the alicorn that was hiding from the statue. The alicorn that was hiding from the truth. "Cadance... this is your mother?" Twilight nodded to the statue Cadance had been cowering from. Cadance nodded slowly. "I barely remembered her... until now." Cadance walked up to the statue. She read the ingraving for herself, to be sure. She looked into the carved eyes of it, and circled it twice. This is her. The statue was made so that it would look down on the ponies that would look at her. Cadence stood in front, so that her mother looked directly at her. "Princess Midnight was her real name... but they called her Princess Twilght." Cadance said with a frown. "Wait... she has two names?" Twilight said, confused. Cadance turned to her sister. "Everyone is the royal family has two names. King Chronos' real name was King Nocturne, and Queen Galaxia's real name was Queen Faust. Only the royal family knows that, though. That's why their real names aren't on the ingraving. My real name, as you know, is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza." "My real name is Princess Selena." Luna said with a smile. Twilight turned to her teacher. "What's your real name?" Celestia sighed, and muttered somthing to quiet to understand. Oh no, is Fluttershy's shyness contagious or something? Well, that's highly unlikey. "I didn't hear you, Princess..." Twilight trotted closer to her. "Well, I have 3 names, actually." Celestia admitted. "Three?" Cadance looked shocked. "Yes, I have my original name, my real name, and what I am called." Celestia said, quietly. "But... I was told that your real name was Empyria, based on empyrean!" Cadance stared at Celestia. "Yes, but my original name was Molestia." "Why?" "Your mother was too young to know the meaning of the base of that word. It was her idea, but not her fault. She was just a filly." "Oh..." Cadance turned back to the statue, staring at it. Cadance's memories haunted her. Or at least, what she could remember. She remembered her mother, cradling her in her arms. She remembered her mother singing a song to her, like all good mothers. She didn't realize it, but she began to sing the song out loud. Sun gowns down, and we are here together. Fireflies, glow like 1,000 charms. Stay with me, and you can dream forever, Right here in my arms. Celestia walked up to her neice and sang the second verse. It's magic, when you are here beside me, Close your eyes, and let me hold you tight. Everything, that I could ever need, Is right here in my arms... Tonight. Luna joined in as well, singing the third verse. Sounds of day, Fade away, Stars begin to climb. Melodies, Fill the breeze, Sweeter all the time. They all sang the last verse... Luna singing the harmony in parenthesis Sun gowns down, and you are here beside me. (My love) Fireflies, glow like 1,000 charms. (is always with you weather near or far) Stay with me, and you can dream forever, (how sweet, to hold you) Right here in my arms. Tonight. Cadance hugged the statue as if it were real. She couldn't help it. She never realized how much she missed her mother until now. "Aww..." Fluttershy smiled after Cadance was finished. Celestia smiled. She loved the song her sister would sing. Cadance remembered. Luna remembered. They all remembered. Rainbow Dash stared at Celestia. "Wait a minute, I still don't get it! What happened to this 'Princess Twilight' " Celestia sighed once more. “Sit down, all of you. Luna, Cadence, and I have a story to tell.”
Chapter 3: The story of the two original sistersCelestia panted as she ran through the forest as fast as her legs could carry her. She was still a filly, one not yet able to teleport farther than one foot, but at least the pony who had been chasing her wasn't teleporting. It went on for Celestia, running, then teleporting, then running, and teleporting again. Several times she tripped in twigs, but was able to get up fast enough to stay ahead of the other pony. "I'll get you!" voice called. "Never!" Celestia called back. Every second she felt like she was getting slower and slower. This was true. The poor little filly had gotten tired of running and teleporting. She had to keep going, though. "Gotta find a place to hide..." Celestia said to herself. She looked around every tree and boulder for some sort of cave. "Aha!" Celestia smiled. She hid behind a large tree that had been somewhat carved out. Celestia tried to calm down, tried to catch her breath, but she couldn't stop panting. Her heart was pounding so hard, she almost knew the other pony could hear it. She began to take deep breaths. She looked outside her cave to find nopony there. She let out a sigh of relief. A moment later though, she heard a twig snap in two. She let out a gasp, but covered her mouth before she would scream. She looked again to see the shadow of another pony, coming closer and closer. Celestia couldn't help it. Her panting got louder and louder. Suddenly, the figure of a dark pony was right in front of her. She was backed up against her "tree cave", but she couldn't run. She let out a small scream as the figure's hoof reached out to touch her. "HA!" yelled the figure. "I caught you!" Celestia was panting. "Okay, night... you win." "Wanna play again?" The other alicorn was still excited. "Sure, but first, I'm thirsty." Celestia was still trying to catch her breath. Midnight stared at her sister. She was really exhausted. She looked around for anything to drink. "I don't see any wells, Tia." Celestia looked, too. "Wasn't there a well back there?" she pointed the place where they had started their game of tag. "I think so..." Midnight tried to remember if there was one, or not. "So, let's go!" Midnight began to trot off, but she turned back to see her sister, barely moving. "Nighty... I'm to tired..." "Oh... well, I'll walk slowly with you." Midnight ran back to her sister. "Hey, did mom and dad show you how to teleport far, yet? Because it's exhausting having to teleport over and over again." "No, I'm supposed to learn it next week... and yes, teleporting is tiring." "Aww..." "It's okay. The well's not that far." "Well, that's how it seemed when we where running, not we're walking... really slowly." Celestia said sadly. "Oh, yeah..." Midnight looked ahead and saw the well. It looked like the size of an ant. "Oh, well..." said Celestia, frowning. "It's okay. We can talk while we walk!" Midnight giggled. "Okay. So, what spells have mother and father taught you?" Celestia asked couriously. "Oh, none really. Levetation, mostly." "Really? That's it?" Celestia tilted her head in confusion. "Yeah. They say they're gonna teach me more next week." "Can you show me the levetation spell on large objects? Please? You don't have to teach me!" Midnight rolled her eyes. "Sure I don't." Her horn began to glow blue-black, and in a moment, she held her sister in the air. "WOW!" Midnight put her sister down,and picked up a large boulder next to her sister, and threw it nearly to the well. Her horn then stopped glowing. "Whats it fun?" "Of course!" Celestia smiled. "Oh! Show me how it works!" Midnight rolled her eyes again, and laughed. "I knew you'd ask." "You did?" Midnight nodded. "You want to know everything!" "I do?" Midnight face-hoofed. "I suppose a pony that wants to know everything, will become a very wise pony someday!" She patted her sister on the head. "Well... can you teach me anyway?" asked Celestia. "No, mom and dad are going to teach you when it's time." "Aw..." Midnight giggled, and look ahead, again. The well was no more than three feet away! "Hey, we made it!" She smiled. "WATER!!!" Celestia ran to the well, pulled the water bucket, and nearly drank the whole thing. "Wow! You were thirsty!" "Told you!" Celestia laughed. "Alright, well, we better get back to mom and dad." "Aww... more walking?" "Yes, sorry." Midinight began to walk home, and Celestia followed. "Hey, Night?" said Celestia "Yes, Tia?" "I heard mom and dad talking about us raising the sun and moon... is that true? Will we get to do that?" "Oh... ease dropping again, are we?" Celestia giggled. "Okay, okay... I did. But, is it true?" "What do you think?" Midnight gave her sister a smile and a wink. Celestia's eyes widened. "So it is true! Cool! Who's gonna raise for the sun?" "Who do you think?" Midnight giggled. "My name is Midnight, yours is Empyria, or 'Celestia'. Why would it go any other way?" Celestia stood there with her head tilted in confusion. Midnight sighed. "Do you like the sun better?" Celestia nodded. "Then it's yours, sister. I prefered the moon, anyway." Midnight was happy that they agreed. Celestia trotted home happy wearing the widest smile she ever had. "I didn't know smiles could get that big..." Midnight said to herself "Hey, Night?" Celestia turned to her sister. "Yes, Tia?" "I also heard mom and dad said we're gonna run the kingdom when we're bigger... do you think we can?" "I don't know. I hope so." "I hope I'm gonna be a good ruler..." Celestia said incocently. "Oh, you'll be the best!" Midnight reassured her. Celestia smiled. "Thanks, sis!" She hugged her older sister. "Anything for you, Tia." And they happily trotted home together.
