After A Thousand Yearsby Stary DreamsChaptersChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 4Chapter 3Chapter 1A/N: I do not own My Little Pony. After my sister, Princess Celestia and I returned to Canterlot Castle after our visit to a village called Ponyville, I invited my sister to sit down and talk. My heart was beating rapidly as she approached the seat across from me but I managed to keep calm for a bit. This was the first time Celestia and I will finally have a conversation since my banishment... After all these years I wonder if she's still the same kind sister I have loved with all my heart. "So Luna... how are you faring?" she began. "Fine... just fine..." I said with a petite smile. It felt odd to see her so grown up and taller than me, her pink cotton candy- like mane was now pastel coloured and her tiny, cute tiara was now an elegant display with matching shoes and a necklace. The slight grin on my face then suddenly faded; everything seemed so... misplaced. Last time I checked, the place where Ponyville stood was once a blossoming glade with flowers of every kind, and the sweetest animals you could meet lived there. There are now fields where there were rivers and mountains where there should be evergreen forests. The language pattern was just so odd and informal, no 'thee's, 'thou's. Celestia wasn't even speaking in the Royal Canterlot Voice she had loved so much to use especially in court. She had once said it takes the boredom out of everypony in the throne room! I also loved to use it for the same reason. But I knew Celestia caught my dissapointment when she also frowned. "Don't lie to me Lulu, you can trust me." she teased "I'm your big sister". Lulu... I haven't heard that nickname in eons. Celestia knew I despised that wretched nickname she and Discord came up with when we were fillies. But... about trusting her honestly after the last thousand years? I'm not quite certain on. Yes I have trust in her. But to be honest? She banished me for a thousand years! I don't think our bond would be repaired this quickly. After all, I had just reunited with her three hours ago with six mares who seem to now have power over the Elements of Harmony. This is confusing me... but I have to try and regain my loyalty and love for Celestia. I want it to be as if I was never banished, I want people to not fear sight of me in public. But most of all, I want to be a generous ruler like my sister. "Look, Celestia... c-can I ask you something?" I asked anxiously. "Of course!" Celestia piped with her signature smile. But at the sight of it I hesitated immediately. It may seem like a walk in the park when I think about admitting everything to her, but doing it for real? Out of the question. "I took notice of the rather 'informal' speech pattern during our visit to Ponyville today and I wanted to ask, what happened to it?" I babbled briefly Celestia's face lit at my question. "Oh! I forgot to mention about that. You see Luna, as the years passed; many ponies have thought it was rather too formal to speak in the way of the Royal Canterlot Voice. So they made a few tweaks here and there at first; but as more generations arrived, the small changes have turned into a much bigger deal and the old ways have been forgotten along with history." she informed. "Even the Canterlot Elites?" Celestia nodded, "Even them, although they still have a fairly high- leveled vocabulary" As I was about to make a remark about the Canterlot Elites being unreasonable foals a thousand years ago; a colt came in. He had a quill for a cutie mark and was wearing what seemed to me like our old royal advisor's uniform. Celestia stood and walked to him then turned back to me. "Luna, I'd like you to meet our advisor; Sunrise Dew" she introduced as Sunrise bowed to me. Oh Tia... why do you always get the advisors with "sun" in their names? I remember the last advisor was named Moonheart. She was the first and last advisor that Celestia let me choose, maybe it was because I had always bothered her about almost all our advisors having sun- related names and no moon- related ones. But the main reason was maybe because less than a week before that, our last advisor Sunhaze Rage nearly plunged Equestria into a 70 year long war after angering the griffon ambassadors. And I thought Celestia was much smarter than to choose a pony with the word "rage" in it's name. "Tis' a pleasure to meet thou Sunrise Dew" I greeted "Glad to meet you, your highness. Now Lady Celestia, court awaits your presence" "You go right ahead Sunrise, I'll follow you momentarily". Sunrise nodded and strolled out of the room. Celestia turned back to me, "While I hold court, do you want to go outside and meet some ponies?" she suggested. Well... I haven't been around Equestria in a millenium. But I'd much rather prefer being with my saviors; those six mares that saved me from Nightmare Moon. They seem to be quite a friendly bunch from what Celestia told me during our trip to Ponyville. "Celestia, what are the names of those six mares who saved me?" I asked "Those were the friends of my pupil, Twilight Sparkle. There was Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash" Celestia replied Huh, my sister has a student? By the name of Twilight Sparkle? I think I've heard that name before from Starswirl the Bearded, he mentioned something about wanting to name one of his future grandchildren that name. And if this Twilight Sparkle has become Celestia's pupil, she must have an extraordinary talent with magic. It was the same with Starswirl, Celestia wanted him because he had a special gift. "Do you think I could try to become friends with them Tia?" Celestia smiled, "Of course Luna; you can visit my pupil in her home. It's that giant tree in the middle of Ponyville" "The one that looks like a library?" I wondered. "It is a library Lulu!" she chuckled. Oh Celestia how I wish you'd stop calling me Lulu... Chapter 2I flew gleefully through the sky as my brain tried to remember where Ponyville was located. Celestia told me it was near Cloudsdale; a humungous cloud where the weather was managed. A millenium ago, Cloudsdale was only a cloud the size of an average home. There were only a few settler pegasi back then, Celestia had given them the cloud we once played on as fillies (I couldn't believe it still existed after all those years) with my approval. Since I knew that we were now mature and grown up, I agreed. But... I kind of miss it now... *CRASH* I shook away from my memories as I realized I had collided into the city in the sky. Cloudsdale was without a doubt, the most breathtaking city I have ever crashed into. There was a rainbow streams flowing out of the city to the ground below and buildings made out of clouds! There were gazebos, coliseums' and such fascinating architecure built everywhere. To be honest, this was much more of a grand city rather than Canterlot itself! I looked down from the city and saw Ponyville. But the tree wasn't in the middle... it was west of town. Curse my low memory! My wings dove to the tree below, speeding at first; but then gracefully landing with a soft thud. That was how Celestia did it a thousand years ago, I think... As I landed, many ponies took notice and some shot me fearful glances. I ignored those and turned my attention to the ponies who were waving and smiling. I casually waved back with my own smile then walked up to the library of Twilight Sparkle. But as I approached the door, I stopped. What would Twilight Sparkle think of me barging through her home like a deranged foal? After all, I had just met her a couple hours ago without even knowing her name until my sister informed me of it. I should of thought this through more thoroughly... Ugh! Stupid, stupid, stupid! I thought as I banged my head with my hoof and began to pace back and forth. But my pacing must've caused noise. The next thing I knew, I was face to face with Twilight Sparkle. She looked rather welcoming of my presence and I smiled at the sign of that. "Hello Princess Luna! How may I be of service?" she asked. "Hello Twilight Sparkle, We take it thy art our sister's pupil, are we right?" I spoke. My voice blew Twilight back a few inches and even ruined her perfectly straight mane. Why did I not remember Celestia's explanation about the form of speech? "Yes Princess, I am indeed your sister's pupil" Twilight replied with a weak and forced smile. I was on the verge of telling her Celestia sent me to say "Hi" to her but that would be lying! Oh Celestia why aren't you here when I need you the most? "Do you mind if we can just chat for a bit Miss Sparkle? I'm interested on finding out more about Equestria today and since my sister did say you were quite knowledgeable I was wondering could you possibly... help me...?" Twilight then grinned from ear to ear, "Sure Princess! I'd be glad to tell you more about modern Equestria! Please, do come in" I stepped into Twilight's home. The bottom floor had shelves carved into the walls filled with books. I swear I have never seen so many magic books about Starswirl the Bearded in my entire life! Not even the Starswirl the Bearded wing in the Canterlot Archives has this much. Twilight must certainly be quite interested in him and his works, I knew I certainly was. "Oh Princess there is so much to explain I don't know where to even begin!" Twilight squealed excitingly; her eyes gleaming with "Well, if you don't mind; I'd like to know where you got all these books about Starswirl the Bearded. He is so fascinating!" Twilight's face lit with cheer and I could tell she was trying to avoid squealing like a filly just getting her cutie mark. It made me laugh by the slightest. "Well I all got them from Princess Celestia, she gave them all to me when I was still studying in Canterlot." Twilight explained then blushed "she caught me taking a book out of her personal library one day and she said I could have all forty seven as long as I kept them in good shape" "That's Celestia alright" I chuckled. We laughed and chatted for a bit longer. I have learned so much from Twilight Sparkle about the ways of Equestria and a bit more about my sister. We had a lot in common to tell the truth, Twilight enjoyed stargazing, reading, and learning as much as I did and I promised to invite her to Canterlot Palace one time to stargaze with me. Before we knew it, Celestia was already lowering the sun and raising the moon. I would've raised the moon myself but I'm still in such a weak state, it would take me a few weeks to get back to my responsibility of raising and lowering the moon. My time limit was up, time to get home before Celestia sends out a search party to look for me all across Equestria. "Goodbye Twilight! I'll send you messages when I can" I promised before flying off. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Twilight's POV: I waved goodbye to my newfound friend. Princess Luna knows so many fascinating facts about- well everything! Heck I didn't even know Starswirl the Bearded was Princess Celestia's pupil too until she told me. More ponies should start getting to know her better; because once Princess Luna leaves her shy state she becomes a Pinkie Pie and a Rainbow Dash in one! I should've hung out more with Luna during her and Celestia's brief visit to Ponyville. But... while I was talking to her about how I became Princess Celestia's student, I suddenly felt ill... I know I didn't get any type of sickness before arriving here in Ponyville, I even went to a doctor before coming here to make sure everything was alright. For some reason, I felt nauseous, lightheaded, and even angry. Why am I feeling this way? Did I forget to do something that I should've done? I should go to another doctor tomorrow just to make sure I'm okay, because this was getting peculiar... more peculiar than that surprise birthday party my parents set for me as a filly. Chapter 4Princess Celestia went over to her faithful student and sat down next to her (while trying to avoid looking at the contents of the bucket). She let her formal self slip away and let her maternal instincts come in. "Are you feeling okay?" she asked Twilight's eyes met Celestia's. They were beaming with pleasure to see the memorable and caring face of Equestria's ruler once more; yet felt distressed at what Celestia would say next after being bothered in the middle of the night. Would she make Twilight go back to Magic Kindergarden? Banish her to the Everfree Forest? Or worse... make her leave Ponyville and return to Canterlot? "Yeah I'm fine now that you're here. Thank you so much Celestia" Twilight smiled weakly. Celestia also grinned, "I'm just pleased that I can help in a way or two" Twilight then stood up and gave an extensive sigh. "Alright, now you can banish me to the Everfree forest as you wish" They all looked at Twilight like she was a bonehead; Luna put on an offended look on her face; obviously disgusted by the thought of banishement. "I wouldn't banish you Twilight! Where would you get such a concept?". I don't know Celestia, where WOULD somepony get SUCH an idea? Luna thought sarcastically before facing Twilight again "Twilight Sparkle?" She gave her attention to Luna. "Yes?" "I'm so sorry for making you feel so awful... I didn't mean to do it, I promise" Twilight smiled, "It's okay Luna. This was probably just some weird coincidence; after all it has been a very tiresome day. I'm sure the doctor was right about the stress". "Thank You..." Celestia then stood up "We have to leave now Twilight. Luna needs to lower the moon tommorow and I have to raise the sun I'll have to see you next time my prized student. Oh and try to relax once and a while dear, you don't always need to study". Twilight nodded obediently to her mentor as she and Luna walked out the door then flew away. ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Blueblood was beyond outraged as he was escorted back to his royal chambers. The nerve of Celestia to teleport away from him during an important conversation; why did she not think he was worthy enough? Me of all ponies is most definitely eligible! The ones deserving to be dethroned were Celestia and Luna themselves! Those spiteful and disgraceful ingrates! He hissed at the thought of their names and even kicked one of the guard ponies in frustration. "Hmph!" the guard squeaked in surprise. "Keep going you foal!" Blueblood commanded and kept walking. Once I get my hooves on the throne, I will definitely fire this guard first. Blueblood then observed the Canterlot Castle decorations. Oh and change this place's decorum; it feels as if I'm trapped in ancient junk. Once the guards have reached his room, they opened the doors and let Blueblood enter. "Princess Celestia orders you to remain in your room until she comes and speaks to you" one of the guards instructed before shutting the doors. The prince swore he heard a 'click' of a lock being placed on his door. Oh this is fantastic... now how am I supposed to think when I know Celestia locked me in my OWN room and will speak to me later? Well... atleast now I will be able to make a plan to dethrone the two sisters in peace and quiet. Now where's that quill and parchment? As the scheming unicorn searched for his lost quill and parchment while mumbling his anger about the two alicorns, he failed to notice a blue mare wearing magician garments tumble out from his closet. Only did he finally realize when he turned around and saw her. A bluish mare with a white mane wearing a star- themed purple magician hat and cloak with a star wand and moon cutie mark. She panicked and rushed for the door. The unicorn struggled to open it until she stopped and zoomed for the two windows and tried to open them. They were of course locked. With no choice left; the mare faced Blueblood directly. "Don't kill me! If you do, The Great and Powerful Trixie will feed you to an Ursa Major the moment she gets out of here!" Great and Powerful Trixie...? Who on Equestria am I talking to? "That's nice dear, now can you just leave so I can finally plan my revenge?" "Who? Against the Princesses?" Blueblood was bewildered; how did Trixie know who he wanted to unleash his wrath on them? Was it something he said? "H-how did-?" "You nimrod! Did you not even acknowledge that you were mumbling on and on about getting your revenge on them? You are the biggest idiot Trixie has ever met!" she screamed. Blueblood slapped his forehead with his hoof in shame. He truly was being a dunce. Maybe that ludicrous Celestia did have a point... No! Celestia just wants to keep the throne only for her and her sister! She's a tyrant! "Although... you'd need a companion to acomplish this task. After all, Princess Celestia has ruled for thousands of years; everypony who's anypony would know better than to start a rebellion and try to overthrow her. She's quite the vigorous opponent. The Great and Powerful Trixie would be honored if you would let her help overthrow those two alicorns dominating the throne and manipulating everypony" Trixie offered. Well... she seems to know what she's up against and she is beautiful... "Okay then Trixie- " THAT'S THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE TO YOU!" corrected the angered mare ""The Great and Powerful Trixie" will you please join my attempt on destroying Celestia and Luna?" he asked. Trixie smirked then nodded "I'm sure you'll have a pleasure working with me". Yes... After I'm dead and betrayed... ...................................................................................................................................................................................... A few weeks later, the Mane 6 went on a picnic in the Canterlot Gardens with Princess Celestia's permission. "I cannot believe the Princess allowed us to have such a marvelous picnic out here in the gardens!" exclaimed Rarity "Everything here is so exquisite and noble! THIS. IS. THE. BEST. POSSIBLE. THING!. "Yeah Twilight! This is so awesome!" Rainbow Dash squealed. Twilight blushed, "I'm glad we can have a picnic here. I've always dreamed of doing this with my friends since I was a filly". "And the animals here are so... sweet" Fluttershy chuckled while playing with one of the bunnies. "Ooh! Ooh! Did you guys know Twilight used to play here with her pet brick?" Pinkie cut in The others tried to stop their laughs but a few muffles got out and Rainbow was the first to crack. "What did you name your pet rock? Rocky?" she teased then exploded into a fit of unstoppable laughter. "NO! And for your information it was named Sweet Celestia" Twilight corrected. The giggling suddenly stopped and everpony looked at her with strange looks plastered on to their faces. "Sweet Celestia? Y'all named yer doll after the Princess?" Applejack asked. "Let's just say I really, really, really, liked the name Celestia". ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Luna's POV: My legs were trembling as I walked to the gardens. I wasn't sure if I would be able to make an acceptable impression on the Mane 6; this was after all, the first time I would get to be with them and know all their names and personalities. I have spent half the day screaming into my pillow out of anxiety and I was on the verge of dragging my sister out of her meetings and stacks of paperwork and resort to whining at her until she eventually raises the moon so I don't have to do this. But of course it was a preposterous idea to even do that. I'd just most likely try to raise the moon myself until Celestia notices the change in the balance of day and night. That was if I was demented and desperate for an easy way out. But luckily I'm not. It's too late to turn back anyway... I spot Twilight and her friends merrily sitting down under the shade of an ancient maple tree. They were laughing on their stomachs and just being themselves. At the sight of them, I almost shed a tear. All my life,my friends will and have left me; whether they were my best friend or just a friend I've been stabbed by their passing. It was the same for Celestia. But it was worse... When a close friend of hers has died; Celestia was completely unpredictable and moonstruck. She once absolutely refused to raise the sun and cried all day until her eyes were red and had bags under them; I had to raise the sun myself that day and do all her work and my work. "Hiya there Princess Luna!"greeted a voice with a southern accent. I snapped out of my thoughts and saw the group all smiling at me. How long have I been standing here for them to notice me? "Hello" I replied plainly The others then also greet me with warm "Hi's" and "Hello's" as I trot my way towards them. This was it! I'm making friends! "Do you want to join our picnic?" Pinkie asked "Of course!". As I joined in with the Mane 6, I couldn't stop smiling. They chatted with me and laughed along; it was as if I have known them forever. Twilight though, was not grinning as brightly as the others; although they seem to not notice. Those eyes were piercing me in the heart with a jealous arrow. I could feel it. The aura of what she has gave was vigorous yet slow. It seems as if Twilight wanted me to burn with the shot of that arrow she threw; it even felt like the sting of death was inserted along with the other energies. What was she jealous about? Is it me being around her friends and trying to befriend them? Was it something I said? Was it for that incident? Chapter 3As I landed on the balcony of my sister's room, it was already 9 o' clock judging from the moon's position in the sky. Celestia should be asleep by now and I would be the one awake and running the Night Court; well that was how it went a thousand years ago so to speak... But my sister has had no mention of any Night Court whatsoever. That's a relief... I despised the court anyway, all the ponies there were so uptight and self-centered! In fact, all of them only speak one word to me before discussing matters on their own. Such ruffians... I even told Celestia about the matter but even if she did have her own loathing towards them, she said it was a "required" group and that I must have to bear with it no matter how deplorable. Speaking of which... Celestia's room was lit! I know someone especially like her can't manage to stay awake during the night, she's the Princess of the Sun for Equestria's sake! She and I both know well that our energy and magic decrease their strength dramatically depending on the hours we are awake or asleep. When I'm awake at day I am weak but strong at night , when she's awake at night, Celestia's no powerful than an average unicorn; it's as simple as THAT. So why does she seem to not comprehend with the fact that she needs her rest to raise the sun the next day and still have enough energy to bring it down at night? Celestia, of all ponies should know that by now, she's had a thousand years of practice after all! That pony was going to get the first lecture from me after a thousand years, and it was not going to be a lovely trip down memory lane. I tapped my hoof on the glass door and awaited her to open it. ... "Celestia? It's me Luna" She should know it was me. I'm the only one in Equestria who knows the balcony to her room. It was the tallest tower of the castle away from all the other balconies in this castle. "PRINCESS CELESTIA OF EQUESTRIA GET OUT HERE THIS INSTANT!" "Luna?" a familiar voice asked behind me "Why in the name of Equestria are you yelling at my door?". I turned around and cuddled my sister. "Oh Tia, where have you been?" "At Night Court...". My face drooped at the mention of Night Court. S-she... she ran Night Court for me all these years? I thought I'd never hear her say such a thing- well to my face that is... ............................................................................................................................................................................. "I didn't know Night Court was still running, I thought you actually fired them all like I wished a long time ago" says Luna. Celestia shrugged, "Like I said it was required and your fellow members have changed as more generations have come and gone. They are as tame as the ones in the Day Court a thousand years ago. But one thing..." she sighed "My members changed to your Night Court ones, they are such foals now I can hardly believe these were the offsprings of my original group!" Luna tried to suppress her laughter as Celestia went on and on about the Day Court council members. Oh she deserved it... "But enough about those elites, how had your day been with Twilight Sparkle? I do hope the Royal Guards hadn't bothered you or Twilight's conversations' " Luna bit her lip and suddenly became anxious. She didn't even bring the Royal Guards along; Celestia originally assigned them to escort her to Ponyville and guard her until she comes back to Canterlot. But Luna didn't like the order very well. So what did she do? Make a deal with the guards to pay them extra if they let the order slip without letting Celestia know. It always works... and it did. "Twilight was such a lovely mare to talk with. She loved stargazing, reading, and learning like I did and even had a liking for Starswirl the Bearded! You must've caught the lucky stars to have a studious student like her Tia" Luna babbled to try and change the subject. "Hmm, yes indeed she is Luna. But did the guards bother you?" Celestia repeated at the notice of Luna's discomfort. Luna gave her most foolproof smile to Celestia, "No, not at all! They were quite a pleasure to have around surprisingly..." she lied with hesitance of lying to her sister. Celestia eyed Luna strangely, "Well alright then..." she yawned "Since I'm still getting your old bedroom fixed would you want to join me in my sleep tonight?" The younger alicorn grinned from ear to ear ecstatically; it's been far too long since she and Celestia have shared a bed, and even longer since they last slept together. This was one of those moments she wished she had more time to spend on, after all even with their immortality they could still get sick and die like all the other ponies, Luna wanted to make sure she'd have more than enough time to finally be with Celestia once again. "Of course my dear sister" Luna agreed and opened the glass door with her magic. She turned to Celestia, "Oh and do you still have that-?" Luna paused as she realized her sister staring at the room in pure hysteria. She also joined her sister's glance, the moment she looked in the room her jaw dropped. On Celestia's majestic sunset- themed bed, there lay a Discord statue with his hand holding a piece of paper. He was laying down and seeming to await someone... like Celestia herself. Celestia levitated the paper over to her eyes and began to read. Dearest Aunt Celestia, Meet me in the statue garden tonight. I will be waiting near the Discord Statue. I'll be here all night and tomorrow night until you come. Bring that blue mare with you. ~ His most royal highness, Prince Blueblood. Luna was astonished. She didn't even know there was a prince in Equestria, all she knew was that Celestia and her where the only alicorns and no one else. Did Luna have siblings she doesn't even know existed? Nephews and nieces she haven't met? "Luna, you may not know Blueblood as well as I have came to knowing him but he's our "nephew"" "Then who are his parents?" the younger sibling questioned. "That's just it. His parents are elites; Blueblood is not really related to us by blood. His parents paid a million bits to the Equestrian Treasury for him to be declared a royal prince" Celestia explained. Just who would pay a million bits to become royalty when you can use the money for better cause? Luna thought. "Well his parents were idiots but we might as well go to the Canterlot Statue Garden to see what's all this nonsense is about" Celestia scoffed Luna nodded in agreement, "Your leading" ...................................................................................................................................................................................... And with that, the two sisters flew off to the Canterlot Statue Garden and walked the path to the Discord Statue. With a bit of anxiety, Celestia stayed close to her sister. Oh how she despised Blueblood; he had the nerve to push around the citizens of Equestria like they were his slaves and act like he was the most important pony to have ever lived. While he may be an eye catching stallion, Blueblood's personality and acts were not the most handsome as most would think. But to the lunar sister who has just been informed of this prince... Prince Blueblood may not be so bad... After all, if he was living in Canterlot Castle under Celestia's guidance he might be quite the generous pony! she thought gleefully and kept curiously following her sister. Spike drowsily went downstairs to see what was making all the racket at this time of night. It was of course, no other than Twilight pacing around the wooden statue of a horse's head in the middle of the library. The merciful dragon was feeling so distressed for his best friend, earlier that afternoon the unicorn went to a doctor since she felt ill. The doctor said she was fine and just probably tired after the day's events. It was possible, earlier that morning Twilight and her friends battled Nightmare Moon then had a celebration of the victory hosted by Pinkie Pie. A couple hours later, Princess Luna came and chatted until sunset, but she then had to leave and that was when Twilight began feeling sick. Could it be something she ate at the party? Did Nightmare Moon cast a disease on her before being purified? Spike was clueless of Twilight's condition at the moment, the only thing he knew to do now was to be paralyzed in apprehension. Could Twilight even die from this peculiar illness? Heaven knows. "Twilight if you keep pacing in circles all night you're going to make a hole around the statue" he warned with a yawn. The terrorized unicorn then stopped her circling and looked at her #1 assistant in tears. Spike gave a small gasp in return. He hasn't seen Twilight cry since she buried her pet brick when she was just a small filly. What was happening to her!? "Twilight you need to get some rest; everything is going to be alright. Your not sick or dying, don't cry..." he says with a slight reassuring smile "I- I w-want..." she mumbled "I want mommy" Spike nearly slapped his forehead. Twilight was a full grown mare! Why would she still want her mother? Well... he could message them... "Look I'll send a letter to your mother Star Sparkle and your father Moonshine Sparkle, would you be happy then?" She shook her head furiously. "I want Celestia not them!" Twilight argued. Spike sighed heavily, "Twilight, Princess Celestia is not your mom. Besides, she's probably sleeping by now" Twilight then hissed and sneered at him coldly. "Celestia. Now." The poor dragon then nodded helplessly and raced upstairs to write a letter to Celestia. One explaining Twilight's mentality taking over. ...................................................................................................................................................................................... By the time the two sisters reached Discord's statue, Celestia was shaking like a leaf in the wind. Although Luna was calm and curious, she was wondering why her sister was acting like this, but didn't bother to ask it. When they looked at the statue, nopony was there. Only a trapped draconequus posed like he was singing in victory yet screaming at the same time. Where was Blueblood? Aww, such a shame Blueblood has left for the night. We might as well return tomorrow night and await his arrival. Although I'd have to ask Tia why she's shaking so much as if she's- Celestia's scream cut the flow of Luna's thoughts. The lunar alicorn looked at the ground and saw her sister under a stallion's body. The colt had a blonde mane and tail which were curled, he also had blue eyes and a bowtie with a star compass- like cutie mark. To Luna he looked like the most handsomest stallion she had ever seen. Blueblood was a unicorn like most who lived in Canterlot. What. The. Hell. "Blueblood get off me this instant!" Celestia ordered "Not until you grant my wishes auntie" he hissed. "BLUEBLOOD GET AWAY FROM OUR SISTER IMMEDIATELY!" Luna protested At the sound of his other aunt's bloodcurling Royal Canterlot Voice and medieval speech pattern he instantly hopped off Celestia. Luna helped her sister on her hooves then faced Blueblood. So much for a handsome and generous prince... I should've known better than to expect a noble to be like my dreams. "So, this is Auntie Luna?" Blueblood asked Celestia "Yes, and I will not grant your wish to make you ruler of Equestria for a day; let alone an hour" Blueblood stomped a hoof on the ground, "And why not!?" "Because if you ruled Equestria for even a second it would crash and crumble to pieces then become completely nothing!" Celestia clarified with a growl. Luna was beginning to feel as if it was Discord and Celestia arguing instead of Blueblood. This seemed all too familiar. "One word for you auntie, and that is tyrant. T-Y-R-A-N-T" the unicorn spat then held his head away from Celestia. The redness on Celestia's face was growing darker and Luna knew Blueblood had toppled her patience past it's limits. "Blueblood do you even know how to define a "tyrant"?" He scoffed, "A pony who dictates, what else?" Before this argument could get anymore heated, Luna stepped in- between the two rivals. "Let me get my points straight; Blueblood you are being an unreasonable, spoiled, and cruel foal then misunderstanding the use of the term "tyrant". Celestia, your face is getting redder by the minute" Celestia then made a noise that sounded like a mixture between a cow's moo, a frog's croak, and a ghost's wail. After a short moment there was a blinding flash and the two sisters were gone. Celestia had teleported them back to her room and the Discord statue was gone from Celestia's bed. A green flame then took form above Celestia's head which then blended in more, revealing a scroll with a "C" emblem on it. "Who would send you a letter this late at night?" Luna wondered "Twilight Sparkle" She then began to read the letter. Dear Princess Celestia, Princess, Twilight has requested for your presence. You see, ever since Princess Luna came to visit earlier this afternoon; Twilight has felt ill. She already went to a doctor but he said she was fine, just probabaly a bit worn out from the Nightmare Moon incident today and all the celebrations afterwards he said. Twilight has been pacing restlessly for the past five hours without rest and I'm getting so worried! Please help her Celestia... Spike After reading the brief sentence about Luna; Celestia faced her little sister. "Luna... what did you do to Twilight?" she questioned. "I didn't do anything! I didn't even know she felt sick after speaking to me; she looked just fine!" Luna protested, basically whining. Celestia sighed stressfully. "Time for another trip to Ponyville..." ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Spike went downstairs once again and saw Twilight with her head inside a bucket. "Ugh..." she moaned "Twilight are you okay?" he asked "I threw- AURGHHH" Twilight made a rather disturbing gurgling noise as she vomited into the bucket. Eew... Spike thought disgustingly then spoke "Look Twilight, I messaged Princess Celestia and she's coming so please atleast try to stop throwing up". Pinkie Pie then burst through the door and excitedly hopped her way into the library. "HI!" she greeted then stopped hopping instantly when she saw Twilight. "Woah, did you eat dirt by accident again Twilight?" "No.. I just spoke with Princess Luna and- BLARGHHH". Pinkie crinkled her nose then her eyes lit "Ooh! Ooh! Are we making funny noises? BLERGH, MONK, BREEP, MRAWHH" she imitated childishly then giggled "PINKIE YOU ARE NOT BEING HELP- BLERCHHHH!" "Look Pinkie Pie, Twilight's not feeling really good right now so can you please stop messing around for a bit?" Spike requested. "Okie dokie, lokie!". They waited for a few more minutes as the two friends tried to survive Twilight's nonstop vomiting. Pinkie Pie was already looking as if she might join Twilight in her bucket any moment, and Spike felt his stomach twist and turn. "Twilight Sparkle?" a voice called with concern. "Pri- Prin- Princess Celestia?" Twilight stuttered and looked up from the bucket. For one moment, everything was blurred. Until Twilight saw her mentor's sincere and kind face, she felt her spirits lift and her vomiting urges stopped; even her earlier symptoms dissapeared at the presence of Celestia. The lunar sister then entered the room and Twilight felt queasy once more. W-what's going on? Twilight thought in terror. Why am I acting this way?
Chapter 1A/N: I do not own My Little Pony. After my sister, Princess Celestia and I returned to Canterlot Castle after our visit to a village called Ponyville, I invited my sister to sit down and talk. My heart was beating rapidly as she approached the seat across from me but I managed to keep calm for a bit. This was the first time Celestia and I will finally have a conversation since my banishment... After all these years I wonder if she's still the same kind sister I have loved with all my heart. "So Luna... how are you faring?" she began. "Fine... just fine..." I said with a petite smile. It felt odd to see her so grown up and taller than me, her pink cotton candy- like mane was now pastel coloured and her tiny, cute tiara was now an elegant display with matching shoes and a necklace. The slight grin on my face then suddenly faded; everything seemed so... misplaced. Last time I checked, the place where Ponyville stood was once a blossoming glade with flowers of every kind, and the sweetest animals you could meet lived there. There are now fields where there were rivers and mountains where there should be evergreen forests. The language pattern was just so odd and informal, no 'thee's, 'thou's. Celestia wasn't even speaking in the Royal Canterlot Voice she had loved so much to use especially in court. She had once said it takes the boredom out of everypony in the throne room! I also loved to use it for the same reason. But I knew Celestia caught my dissapointment when she also frowned. "Don't lie to me Lulu, you can trust me." she teased "I'm your big sister". Lulu... I haven't heard that nickname in eons. Celestia knew I despised that wretched nickname she and Discord came up with when we were fillies. But... about trusting her honestly after the last thousand years? I'm not quite certain on. Yes I have trust in her. But to be honest? She banished me for a thousand years! I don't think our bond would be repaired this quickly. After all, I had just reunited with her three hours ago with six mares who seem to now have power over the Elements of Harmony. This is confusing me... but I have to try and regain my loyalty and love for Celestia. I want it to be as if I was never banished, I want people to not fear sight of me in public. But most of all, I want to be a generous ruler like my sister. "Look, Celestia... c-can I ask you something?" I asked anxiously. "Of course!" Celestia piped with her signature smile. But at the sight of it I hesitated immediately. It may seem like a walk in the park when I think about admitting everything to her, but doing it for real? Out of the question. "I took notice of the rather 'informal' speech pattern during our visit to Ponyville today and I wanted to ask, what happened to it?" I babbled briefly Celestia's face lit at my question. "Oh! I forgot to mention about that. You see Luna, as the years passed; many ponies have thought it was rather too formal to speak in the way of the Royal Canterlot Voice. So they made a few tweaks here and there at first; but as more generations arrived, the small changes have turned into a much bigger deal and the old ways have been forgotten along with history." she informed. "Even the Canterlot Elites?" Celestia nodded, "Even them, although they still have a fairly high- leveled vocabulary" As I was about to make a remark about the Canterlot Elites being unreasonable foals a thousand years ago; a colt came in. He had a quill for a cutie mark and was wearing what seemed to me like our old royal advisor's uniform. Celestia stood and walked to him then turned back to me. "Luna, I'd like you to meet our advisor; Sunrise Dew" she introduced as Sunrise bowed to me. Oh Tia... why do you always get the advisors with "sun" in their names? I remember the last advisor was named Moonheart. She was the first and last advisor that Celestia let me choose, maybe it was because I had always bothered her about almost all our advisors having sun- related names and no moon- related ones. But the main reason was maybe because less than a week before that, our last advisor Sunhaze Rage nearly plunged Equestria into a 70 year long war after angering the griffon ambassadors. And I thought Celestia was much smarter than to choose a pony with the word "rage" in it's name. "Tis' a pleasure to meet thou Sunrise Dew" I greeted "Glad to meet you, your highness. Now Lady Celestia, court awaits your presence" "You go right ahead Sunrise, I'll follow you momentarily". Sunrise nodded and strolled out of the room. Celestia turned back to me, "While I hold court, do you want to go outside and meet some ponies?" she suggested. Well... I haven't been around Equestria in a millenium. But I'd much rather prefer being with my saviors; those six mares that saved me from Nightmare Moon. They seem to be quite a friendly bunch from what Celestia told me during our trip to Ponyville. "Celestia, what are the names of those six mares who saved me?" I asked "Those were the friends of my pupil, Twilight Sparkle. There was Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash" Celestia replied Huh, my sister has a student? By the name of Twilight Sparkle? I think I've heard that name before from Starswirl the Bearded, he mentioned something about wanting to name one of his future grandchildren that name. And if this Twilight Sparkle has become Celestia's pupil, she must have an extraordinary talent with magic. It was the same with Starswirl, Celestia wanted him because he had a special gift. "Do you think I could try to become friends with them Tia?" Celestia smiled, "Of course Luna; you can visit my pupil in her home. It's that giant tree in the middle of Ponyville" "The one that looks like a library?" I wondered. "It is a library Lulu!" she chuckled. Oh Celestia how I wish you'd stop calling me Lulu...
Chapter 2I flew gleefully through the sky as my brain tried to remember where Ponyville was located. Celestia told me it was near Cloudsdale; a humungous cloud where the weather was managed. A millenium ago, Cloudsdale was only a cloud the size of an average home. There were only a few settler pegasi back then, Celestia had given them the cloud we once played on as fillies (I couldn't believe it still existed after all those years) with my approval. Since I knew that we were now mature and grown up, I agreed. But... I kind of miss it now... *CRASH* I shook away from my memories as I realized I had collided into the city in the sky. Cloudsdale was without a doubt, the most breathtaking city I have ever crashed into. There was a rainbow streams flowing out of the city to the ground below and buildings made out of clouds! There were gazebos, coliseums' and such fascinating architecure built everywhere. To be honest, this was much more of a grand city rather than Canterlot itself! I looked down from the city and saw Ponyville. But the tree wasn't in the middle... it was west of town. Curse my low memory! My wings dove to the tree below, speeding at first; but then gracefully landing with a soft thud. That was how Celestia did it a thousand years ago, I think... As I landed, many ponies took notice and some shot me fearful glances. I ignored those and turned my attention to the ponies who were waving and smiling. I casually waved back with my own smile then walked up to the library of Twilight Sparkle. But as I approached the door, I stopped. What would Twilight Sparkle think of me barging through her home like a deranged foal? After all, I had just met her a couple hours ago without even knowing her name until my sister informed me of it. I should of thought this through more thoroughly... Ugh! Stupid, stupid, stupid! I thought as I banged my head with my hoof and began to pace back and forth. But my pacing must've caused noise. The next thing I knew, I was face to face with Twilight Sparkle. She looked rather welcoming of my presence and I smiled at the sign of that. "Hello Princess Luna! How may I be of service?" she asked. "Hello Twilight Sparkle, We take it thy art our sister's pupil, are we right?" I spoke. My voice blew Twilight back a few inches and even ruined her perfectly straight mane. Why did I not remember Celestia's explanation about the form of speech? "Yes Princess, I am indeed your sister's pupil" Twilight replied with a weak and forced smile. I was on the verge of telling her Celestia sent me to say "Hi" to her but that would be lying! Oh Celestia why aren't you here when I need you the most? "Do you mind if we can just chat for a bit Miss Sparkle? I'm interested on finding out more about Equestria today and since my sister did say you were quite knowledgeable I was wondering could you possibly... help me...?" Twilight then grinned from ear to ear, "Sure Princess! I'd be glad to tell you more about modern Equestria! Please, do come in" I stepped into Twilight's home. The bottom floor had shelves carved into the walls filled with books. I swear I have never seen so many magic books about Starswirl the Bearded in my entire life! Not even the Starswirl the Bearded wing in the Canterlot Archives has this much. Twilight must certainly be quite interested in him and his works, I knew I certainly was. "Oh Princess there is so much to explain I don't know where to even begin!" Twilight squealed excitingly; her eyes gleaming with "Well, if you don't mind; I'd like to know where you got all these books about Starswirl the Bearded. He is so fascinating!" Twilight's face lit with cheer and I could tell she was trying to avoid squealing like a filly just getting her cutie mark. It made me laugh by the slightest. "Well I all got them from Princess Celestia, she gave them all to me when I was still studying in Canterlot." Twilight explained then blushed "she caught me taking a book out of her personal library one day and she said I could have all forty seven as long as I kept them in good shape" "That's Celestia alright" I chuckled. We laughed and chatted for a bit longer. I have learned so much from Twilight Sparkle about the ways of Equestria and a bit more about my sister. We had a lot in common to tell the truth, Twilight enjoyed stargazing, reading, and learning as much as I did and I promised to invite her to Canterlot Palace one time to stargaze with me. Before we knew it, Celestia was already lowering the sun and raising the moon. I would've raised the moon myself but I'm still in such a weak state, it would take me a few weeks to get back to my responsibility of raising and lowering the moon. My time limit was up, time to get home before Celestia sends out a search party to look for me all across Equestria. "Goodbye Twilight! I'll send you messages when I can" I promised before flying off. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Twilight's POV: I waved goodbye to my newfound friend. Princess Luna knows so many fascinating facts about- well everything! Heck I didn't even know Starswirl the Bearded was Princess Celestia's pupil too until she told me. More ponies should start getting to know her better; because once Princess Luna leaves her shy state she becomes a Pinkie Pie and a Rainbow Dash in one! I should've hung out more with Luna during her and Celestia's brief visit to Ponyville. But... while I was talking to her about how I became Princess Celestia's student, I suddenly felt ill... I know I didn't get any type of sickness before arriving here in Ponyville, I even went to a doctor before coming here to make sure everything was alright. For some reason, I felt nauseous, lightheaded, and even angry. Why am I feeling this way? Did I forget to do something that I should've done? I should go to another doctor tomorrow just to make sure I'm okay, because this was getting peculiar... more peculiar than that surprise birthday party my parents set for me as a filly.
Chapter 4Princess Celestia went over to her faithful student and sat down next to her (while trying to avoid looking at the contents of the bucket). She let her formal self slip away and let her maternal instincts come in. "Are you feeling okay?" she asked Twilight's eyes met Celestia's. They were beaming with pleasure to see the memorable and caring face of Equestria's ruler once more; yet felt distressed at what Celestia would say next after being bothered in the middle of the night. Would she make Twilight go back to Magic Kindergarden? Banish her to the Everfree Forest? Or worse... make her leave Ponyville and return to Canterlot? "Yeah I'm fine now that you're here. Thank you so much Celestia" Twilight smiled weakly. Celestia also grinned, "I'm just pleased that I can help in a way or two" Twilight then stood up and gave an extensive sigh. "Alright, now you can banish me to the Everfree forest as you wish" They all looked at Twilight like she was a bonehead; Luna put on an offended look on her face; obviously disgusted by the thought of banishement. "I wouldn't banish you Twilight! Where would you get such a concept?". I don't know Celestia, where WOULD somepony get SUCH an idea? Luna thought sarcastically before facing Twilight again "Twilight Sparkle?" She gave her attention to Luna. "Yes?" "I'm so sorry for making you feel so awful... I didn't mean to do it, I promise" Twilight smiled, "It's okay Luna. This was probably just some weird coincidence; after all it has been a very tiresome day. I'm sure the doctor was right about the stress". "Thank You..." Celestia then stood up "We have to leave now Twilight. Luna needs to lower the moon tommorow and I have to raise the sun I'll have to see you next time my prized student. Oh and try to relax once and a while dear, you don't always need to study". Twilight nodded obediently to her mentor as she and Luna walked out the door then flew away. ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Blueblood was beyond outraged as he was escorted back to his royal chambers. The nerve of Celestia to teleport away from him during an important conversation; why did she not think he was worthy enough? Me of all ponies is most definitely eligible! The ones deserving to be dethroned were Celestia and Luna themselves! Those spiteful and disgraceful ingrates! He hissed at the thought of their names and even kicked one of the guard ponies in frustration. "Hmph!" the guard squeaked in surprise. "Keep going you foal!" Blueblood commanded and kept walking. Once I get my hooves on the throne, I will definitely fire this guard first. Blueblood then observed the Canterlot Castle decorations. Oh and change this place's decorum; it feels as if I'm trapped in ancient junk. Once the guards have reached his room, they opened the doors and let Blueblood enter. "Princess Celestia orders you to remain in your room until she comes and speaks to you" one of the guards instructed before shutting the doors. The prince swore he heard a 'click' of a lock being placed on his door. Oh this is fantastic... now how am I supposed to think when I know Celestia locked me in my OWN room and will speak to me later? Well... atleast now I will be able to make a plan to dethrone the two sisters in peace and quiet. Now where's that quill and parchment? As the scheming unicorn searched for his lost quill and parchment while mumbling his anger about the two alicorns, he failed to notice a blue mare wearing magician garments tumble out from his closet. Only did he finally realize when he turned around and saw her. A bluish mare with a white mane wearing a star- themed purple magician hat and cloak with a star wand and moon cutie mark. She panicked and rushed for the door. The unicorn struggled to open it until she stopped and zoomed for the two windows and tried to open them. They were of course locked. With no choice left; the mare faced Blueblood directly. "Don't kill me! If you do, The Great and Powerful Trixie will feed you to an Ursa Major the moment she gets out of here!" Great and Powerful Trixie...? Who on Equestria am I talking to? "That's nice dear, now can you just leave so I can finally plan my revenge?" "Who? Against the Princesses?" Blueblood was bewildered; how did Trixie know who he wanted to unleash his wrath on them? Was it something he said? "H-how did-?" "You nimrod! Did you not even acknowledge that you were mumbling on and on about getting your revenge on them? You are the biggest idiot Trixie has ever met!" she screamed. Blueblood slapped his forehead with his hoof in shame. He truly was being a dunce. Maybe that ludicrous Celestia did have a point... No! Celestia just wants to keep the throne only for her and her sister! She's a tyrant! "Although... you'd need a companion to acomplish this task. After all, Princess Celestia has ruled for thousands of years; everypony who's anypony would know better than to start a rebellion and try to overthrow her. She's quite the vigorous opponent. The Great and Powerful Trixie would be honored if you would let her help overthrow those two alicorns dominating the throne and manipulating everypony" Trixie offered. Well... she seems to know what she's up against and she is beautiful... "Okay then Trixie- " THAT'S THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE TO YOU!" corrected the angered mare ""The Great and Powerful Trixie" will you please join my attempt on destroying Celestia and Luna?" he asked. Trixie smirked then nodded "I'm sure you'll have a pleasure working with me". Yes... After I'm dead and betrayed... ...................................................................................................................................................................................... A few weeks later, the Mane 6 went on a picnic in the Canterlot Gardens with Princess Celestia's permission. "I cannot believe the Princess allowed us to have such a marvelous picnic out here in the gardens!" exclaimed Rarity "Everything here is so exquisite and noble! THIS. IS. THE. BEST. POSSIBLE. THING!. "Yeah Twilight! This is so awesome!" Rainbow Dash squealed. Twilight blushed, "I'm glad we can have a picnic here. I've always dreamed of doing this with my friends since I was a filly". "And the animals here are so... sweet" Fluttershy chuckled while playing with one of the bunnies. "Ooh! Ooh! Did you guys know Twilight used to play here with her pet brick?" Pinkie cut in The others tried to stop their laughs but a few muffles got out and Rainbow was the first to crack. "What did you name your pet rock? Rocky?" she teased then exploded into a fit of unstoppable laughter. "NO! And for your information it was named Sweet Celestia" Twilight corrected. The giggling suddenly stopped and everpony looked at her with strange looks plastered on to their faces. "Sweet Celestia? Y'all named yer doll after the Princess?" Applejack asked. "Let's just say I really, really, really, liked the name Celestia". ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Luna's POV: My legs were trembling as I walked to the gardens. I wasn't sure if I would be able to make an acceptable impression on the Mane 6; this was after all, the first time I would get to be with them and know all their names and personalities. I have spent half the day screaming into my pillow out of anxiety and I was on the verge of dragging my sister out of her meetings and stacks of paperwork and resort to whining at her until she eventually raises the moon so I don't have to do this. But of course it was a preposterous idea to even do that. I'd just most likely try to raise the moon myself until Celestia notices the change in the balance of day and night. That was if I was demented and desperate for an easy way out. But luckily I'm not. It's too late to turn back anyway... I spot Twilight and her friends merrily sitting down under the shade of an ancient maple tree. They were laughing on their stomachs and just being themselves. At the sight of them, I almost shed a tear. All my life,my friends will and have left me; whether they were my best friend or just a friend I've been stabbed by their passing. It was the same for Celestia. But it was worse... When a close friend of hers has died; Celestia was completely unpredictable and moonstruck. She once absolutely refused to raise the sun and cried all day until her eyes were red and had bags under them; I had to raise the sun myself that day and do all her work and my work. "Hiya there Princess Luna!"greeted a voice with a southern accent. I snapped out of my thoughts and saw the group all smiling at me. How long have I been standing here for them to notice me? "Hello" I replied plainly The others then also greet me with warm "Hi's" and "Hello's" as I trot my way towards them. This was it! I'm making friends! "Do you want to join our picnic?" Pinkie asked "Of course!". As I joined in with the Mane 6, I couldn't stop smiling. They chatted with me and laughed along; it was as if I have known them forever. Twilight though, was not grinning as brightly as the others; although they seem to not notice. Those eyes were piercing me in the heart with a jealous arrow. I could feel it. The aura of what she has gave was vigorous yet slow. It seems as if Twilight wanted me to burn with the shot of that arrow she threw; it even felt like the sting of death was inserted along with the other energies. What was she jealous about? Is it me being around her friends and trying to befriend them? Was it something I said? Was it for that incident?
Chapter 3As I landed on the balcony of my sister's room, it was already 9 o' clock judging from the moon's position in the sky. Celestia should be asleep by now and I would be the one awake and running the Night Court; well that was how it went a thousand years ago so to speak... But my sister has had no mention of any Night Court whatsoever. That's a relief... I despised the court anyway, all the ponies there were so uptight and self-centered! In fact, all of them only speak one word to me before discussing matters on their own. Such ruffians... I even told Celestia about the matter but even if she did have her own loathing towards them, she said it was a "required" group and that I must have to bear with it no matter how deplorable. Speaking of which... Celestia's room was lit! I know someone especially like her can't manage to stay awake during the night, she's the Princess of the Sun for Equestria's sake! She and I both know well that our energy and magic decrease their strength dramatically depending on the hours we are awake or asleep. When I'm awake at day I am weak but strong at night , when she's awake at night, Celestia's no powerful than an average unicorn; it's as simple as THAT. So why does she seem to not comprehend with the fact that she needs her rest to raise the sun the next day and still have enough energy to bring it down at night? Celestia, of all ponies should know that by now, she's had a thousand years of practice after all! That pony was going to get the first lecture from me after a thousand years, and it was not going to be a lovely trip down memory lane. I tapped my hoof on the glass door and awaited her to open it. ... "Celestia? It's me Luna" She should know it was me. I'm the only one in Equestria who knows the balcony to her room. It was the tallest tower of the castle away from all the other balconies in this castle. "PRINCESS CELESTIA OF EQUESTRIA GET OUT HERE THIS INSTANT!" "Luna?" a familiar voice asked behind me "Why in the name of Equestria are you yelling at my door?". I turned around and cuddled my sister. "Oh Tia, where have you been?" "At Night Court...". My face drooped at the mention of Night Court. S-she... she ran Night Court for me all these years? I thought I'd never hear her say such a thing- well to my face that is... ............................................................................................................................................................................. "I didn't know Night Court was still running, I thought you actually fired them all like I wished a long time ago" says Luna. Celestia shrugged, "Like I said it was required and your fellow members have changed as more generations have come and gone. They are as tame as the ones in the Day Court a thousand years ago. But one thing..." she sighed "My members changed to your Night Court ones, they are such foals now I can hardly believe these were the offsprings of my original group!" Luna tried to suppress her laughter as Celestia went on and on about the Day Court council members. Oh she deserved it... "But enough about those elites, how had your day been with Twilight Sparkle? I do hope the Royal Guards hadn't bothered you or Twilight's conversations' " Luna bit her lip and suddenly became anxious. She didn't even bring the Royal Guards along; Celestia originally assigned them to escort her to Ponyville and guard her until she comes back to Canterlot. But Luna didn't like the order very well. So what did she do? Make a deal with the guards to pay them extra if they let the order slip without letting Celestia know. It always works... and it did. "Twilight was such a lovely mare to talk with. She loved stargazing, reading, and learning like I did and even had a liking for Starswirl the Bearded! You must've caught the lucky stars to have a studious student like her Tia" Luna babbled to try and change the subject. "Hmm, yes indeed she is Luna. But did the guards bother you?" Celestia repeated at the notice of Luna's discomfort. Luna gave her most foolproof smile to Celestia, "No, not at all! They were quite a pleasure to have around surprisingly..." she lied with hesitance of lying to her sister. Celestia eyed Luna strangely, "Well alright then..." she yawned "Since I'm still getting your old bedroom fixed would you want to join me in my sleep tonight?" The younger alicorn grinned from ear to ear ecstatically; it's been far too long since she and Celestia have shared a bed, and even longer since they last slept together. This was one of those moments she wished she had more time to spend on, after all even with their immortality they could still get sick and die like all the other ponies, Luna wanted to make sure she'd have more than enough time to finally be with Celestia once again. "Of course my dear sister" Luna agreed and opened the glass door with her magic. She turned to Celestia, "Oh and do you still have that-?" Luna paused as she realized her sister staring at the room in pure hysteria. She also joined her sister's glance, the moment she looked in the room her jaw dropped. On Celestia's majestic sunset- themed bed, there lay a Discord statue with his hand holding a piece of paper. He was laying down and seeming to await someone... like Celestia herself. Celestia levitated the paper over to her eyes and began to read. Dearest Aunt Celestia, Meet me in the statue garden tonight. I will be waiting near the Discord Statue. I'll be here all night and tomorrow night until you come. Bring that blue mare with you. ~ His most royal highness, Prince Blueblood. Luna was astonished. She didn't even know there was a prince in Equestria, all she knew was that Celestia and her where the only alicorns and no one else. Did Luna have siblings she doesn't even know existed? Nephews and nieces she haven't met? "Luna, you may not know Blueblood as well as I have came to knowing him but he's our "nephew"" "Then who are his parents?" the younger sibling questioned. "That's just it. His parents are elites; Blueblood is not really related to us by blood. His parents paid a million bits to the Equestrian Treasury for him to be declared a royal prince" Celestia explained. Just who would pay a million bits to become royalty when you can use the money for better cause? Luna thought. "Well his parents were idiots but we might as well go to the Canterlot Statue Garden to see what's all this nonsense is about" Celestia scoffed Luna nodded in agreement, "Your leading" ...................................................................................................................................................................................... And with that, the two sisters flew off to the Canterlot Statue Garden and walked the path to the Discord Statue. With a bit of anxiety, Celestia stayed close to her sister. Oh how she despised Blueblood; he had the nerve to push around the citizens of Equestria like they were his slaves and act like he was the most important pony to have ever lived. While he may be an eye catching stallion, Blueblood's personality and acts were not the most handsome as most would think. But to the lunar sister who has just been informed of this prince... Prince Blueblood may not be so bad... After all, if he was living in Canterlot Castle under Celestia's guidance he might be quite the generous pony! she thought gleefully and kept curiously following her sister. Spike drowsily went downstairs to see what was making all the racket at this time of night. It was of course, no other than Twilight pacing around the wooden statue of a horse's head in the middle of the library. The merciful dragon was feeling so distressed for his best friend, earlier that afternoon the unicorn went to a doctor since she felt ill. The doctor said she was fine and just probably tired after the day's events. It was possible, earlier that morning Twilight and her friends battled Nightmare Moon then had a celebration of the victory hosted by Pinkie Pie. A couple hours later, Princess Luna came and chatted until sunset, but she then had to leave and that was when Twilight began feeling sick. Could it be something she ate at the party? Did Nightmare Moon cast a disease on her before being purified? Spike was clueless of Twilight's condition at the moment, the only thing he knew to do now was to be paralyzed in apprehension. Could Twilight even die from this peculiar illness? Heaven knows. "Twilight if you keep pacing in circles all night you're going to make a hole around the statue" he warned with a yawn. The terrorized unicorn then stopped her circling and looked at her #1 assistant in tears. Spike gave a small gasp in return. He hasn't seen Twilight cry since she buried her pet brick when she was just a small filly. What was happening to her!? "Twilight you need to get some rest; everything is going to be alright. Your not sick or dying, don't cry..." he says with a slight reassuring smile "I- I w-want..." she mumbled "I want mommy" Spike nearly slapped his forehead. Twilight was a full grown mare! Why would she still want her mother? Well... he could message them... "Look I'll send a letter to your mother Star Sparkle and your father Moonshine Sparkle, would you be happy then?" She shook her head furiously. "I want Celestia not them!" Twilight argued. Spike sighed heavily, "Twilight, Princess Celestia is not your mom. Besides, she's probably sleeping by now" Twilight then hissed and sneered at him coldly. "Celestia. Now." The poor dragon then nodded helplessly and raced upstairs to write a letter to Celestia. One explaining Twilight's mentality taking over. ...................................................................................................................................................................................... By the time the two sisters reached Discord's statue, Celestia was shaking like a leaf in the wind. Although Luna was calm and curious, she was wondering why her sister was acting like this, but didn't bother to ask it. When they looked at the statue, nopony was there. Only a trapped draconequus posed like he was singing in victory yet screaming at the same time. Where was Blueblood? Aww, such a shame Blueblood has left for the night. We might as well return tomorrow night and await his arrival. Although I'd have to ask Tia why she's shaking so much as if she's- Celestia's scream cut the flow of Luna's thoughts. The lunar alicorn looked at the ground and saw her sister under a stallion's body. The colt had a blonde mane and tail which were curled, he also had blue eyes and a bowtie with a star compass- like cutie mark. To Luna he looked like the most handsomest stallion she had ever seen. Blueblood was a unicorn like most who lived in Canterlot. What. The. Hell. "Blueblood get off me this instant!" Celestia ordered "Not until you grant my wishes auntie" he hissed. "BLUEBLOOD GET AWAY FROM OUR SISTER IMMEDIATELY!" Luna protested At the sound of his other aunt's bloodcurling Royal Canterlot Voice and medieval speech pattern he instantly hopped off Celestia. Luna helped her sister on her hooves then faced Blueblood. So much for a handsome and generous prince... I should've known better than to expect a noble to be like my dreams. "So, this is Auntie Luna?" Blueblood asked Celestia "Yes, and I will not grant your wish to make you ruler of Equestria for a day; let alone an hour" Blueblood stomped a hoof on the ground, "And why not!?" "Because if you ruled Equestria for even a second it would crash and crumble to pieces then become completely nothing!" Celestia clarified with a growl. Luna was beginning to feel as if it was Discord and Celestia arguing instead of Blueblood. This seemed all too familiar. "One word for you auntie, and that is tyrant. T-Y-R-A-N-T" the unicorn spat then held his head away from Celestia. The redness on Celestia's face was growing darker and Luna knew Blueblood had toppled her patience past it's limits. "Blueblood do you even know how to define a "tyrant"?" He scoffed, "A pony who dictates, what else?" Before this argument could get anymore heated, Luna stepped in- between the two rivals. "Let me get my points straight; Blueblood you are being an unreasonable, spoiled, and cruel foal then misunderstanding the use of the term "tyrant". Celestia, your face is getting redder by the minute" Celestia then made a noise that sounded like a mixture between a cow's moo, a frog's croak, and a ghost's wail. After a short moment there was a blinding flash and the two sisters were gone. Celestia had teleported them back to her room and the Discord statue was gone from Celestia's bed. A green flame then took form above Celestia's head which then blended in more, revealing a scroll with a "C" emblem on it. "Who would send you a letter this late at night?" Luna wondered "Twilight Sparkle" She then began to read the letter. Dear Princess Celestia, Princess, Twilight has requested for your presence. You see, ever since Princess Luna came to visit earlier this afternoon; Twilight has felt ill. She already went to a doctor but he said she was fine, just probabaly a bit worn out from the Nightmare Moon incident today and all the celebrations afterwards he said. Twilight has been pacing restlessly for the past five hours without rest and I'm getting so worried! Please help her Celestia... Spike After reading the brief sentence about Luna; Celestia faced her little sister. "Luna... what did you do to Twilight?" she questioned. "I didn't do anything! I didn't even know she felt sick after speaking to me; she looked just fine!" Luna protested, basically whining. Celestia sighed stressfully. "Time for another trip to Ponyville..." ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Spike went downstairs once again and saw Twilight with her head inside a bucket. "Ugh..." she moaned "Twilight are you okay?" he asked "I threw- AURGHHH" Twilight made a rather disturbing gurgling noise as she vomited into the bucket. Eew... Spike thought disgustingly then spoke "Look Twilight, I messaged Princess Celestia and she's coming so please atleast try to stop throwing up". Pinkie Pie then burst through the door and excitedly hopped her way into the library. "HI!" she greeted then stopped hopping instantly when she saw Twilight. "Woah, did you eat dirt by accident again Twilight?" "No.. I just spoke with Princess Luna and- BLARGHHH". Pinkie crinkled her nose then her eyes lit "Ooh! Ooh! Are we making funny noises? BLERGH, MONK, BREEP, MRAWHH" she imitated childishly then giggled "PINKIE YOU ARE NOT BEING HELP- BLERCHHHH!" "Look Pinkie Pie, Twilight's not feeling really good right now so can you please stop messing around for a bit?" Spike requested. "Okie dokie, lokie!". They waited for a few more minutes as the two friends tried to survive Twilight's nonstop vomiting. Pinkie Pie was already looking as if she might join Twilight in her bucket any moment, and Spike felt his stomach twist and turn. "Twilight Sparkle?" a voice called with concern. "Pri- Prin- Princess Celestia?" Twilight stuttered and looked up from the bucket. For one moment, everything was blurred. Until Twilight saw her mentor's sincere and kind face, she felt her spirits lift and her vomiting urges stopped; even her earlier symptoms dissapeared at the presence of Celestia. The lunar sister then entered the room and Twilight felt queasy once more. W-what's going on? Twilight thought in terror. Why am I acting this way?
