Pony Veracity

Chapters

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16

Chapter 1

“A unicorn legend in Bridlewood forest speaks of wondrous ancient castle ruins overgrown with vegetation that holds within a secret that could change the course of ancient Equestria history or at least our understanding of our ancient Equestria history." A mare voice said with a hint of playfulness followed by a slight chuckle as there was a sipping sound after the laugh.

"Now come on, Izzy, you promise to tell me the unicorn legend if I join you for tea here at Crystal Tea Room in Bridlewood forest." A second mare voice said with a hint of excitement as the sound of fingers drumming on the wooden table could be heard.

"I know Sunny, but like I told you, I heard this story from a friend of a friend who heard this story from a friend of another friend that heard the same story from another friend. So I can’t be sure how accurate this telling is.” Izzy said, flipping her palm upward toward the ceiling as she sips tea from her cup once again.

"Izzy, tell me the legend, any kind of information is good information to add to my father's research journal of ancient Equestria history," Sunny said in a pleading tone of voice.

“All right, sunny for your father's research journal," Izzy exclaims as she sighs once before taking a drink from her teacup again.

“Somewhere in deeps darkest part of Bridlewood forest sits an ancient castle overgrown with vegetation that local unicorns call the spooky place. The ancient ruin castle looks to have been destroyed many moons ago from maybe inside, but that is just a rumour. To get to the ancient ruin castle, you must traverse the most dangerous path you every followed and cross a rickety rope bridge over a bottomless chasm. Along the way, something will try to stop you; it says to be the spirit of ancient unicorn curse forever to guard the castle." Izzy explained; she paused for a moment to take another drink of her tea.

"I have heard that only one unicorn has ever found the ruined castle and got inside the ruin. She found two finely decorated large stone altars with sun and moon on them, side by side covered with crystals. Inside those crystals were two very large unicorns they looked to be sleeping. Before she could investigate further, the ancient unicorn spirit chased her out of the castle. She believes there might be three ancient unicorn spirits in that castle guarding those sleeping unicorns. As one was chasing her and two other blocked other paths out of the castle.” Izzy explains as she takes another drink of her tea.

"Is that unicorn that got into the castle still around, Izzy?" Sunny inquiry, hopeful as she took a drink from her teacup.

"Unfortunately, Sunny, the unicorn that got into the castle, disappeared long after relating the legend to anyone that would listen," Izzy explains as Sunny blinks with surprise.

"That extraordinary, Izzy? Telling anyone that would listen to this same story. Huh?" Sunny commented, a bit confused as she crossed her arms in front of her.

"That's why I can't say if this legend is true or not. There no way to confirm it." Izzy comments as she reaches for the teapot and pours herself another glass of tea.

Meanwhile, in a deep rectangle eight by ten squares stone chamber in the basement of ancient ruins of a castle. A light blue Alicorn/unicorn mare passes her soft blue slender hand over a medium-sized seeing pool replaying the reforming of the three crystals that brought magic back to Equestria. She watches the scene unfold till the three crystals start whirling around an earth pony mare transforms her into a temporary Alicorn.

‘That is definitely low-level Alicorn magic, transforming the earth pony into a temporary Alicorn. That transformation would have been permanent if that was high-level Alicorn magic, my mother's level. Additionally, those crystals created by Princess Twilight Sparkle being separated for so long probably stored up a lot of her leftover magic. So went the three Crystals came together it released the store up magic restoring what was lost in Equestria.’ The half Alicorn/Unicorn mare thought as she passed her light blue slender hand over the water, changing the scene back to the interior of the Crystal Tea Room and the table of Sunny Starscout and Izzy Moonbow.

“Brother!” the half Alicorn/unicorn mare called as the clicking of heeled boots on a stone floor echoes in the chamber; from the shadows appears a darker blue Unicorn/Alicorn stallion.

“Yes, you’re Highness.” The unicorn/Alicorn stallion said in a deep foreboding voice that caused the mare to shoot into the air, scared with her face paled went the stallion came up behind her.

“What the hay? Brother! Don’t sneak up on me like that!” the Alicorn/unicorn mare said, her voice breaking as she folded her feathered bird wings onto her back.

"Nervous sister?" the stallion asked in a normal tone of voice with a slightly mischievous smile on his snout.

"Yes, brother, Auntie taught you all of her abilities, and Auntie was quite intimidating mare like mother. You are heading in that same direction with a darker color scheme you like." The mare said, floating two bubbles out of the water in front of both of them with the same earth pony mare in them.

“But anyway, brother, I found the pony that reformed Princess Twilight Sparkle three crystals. And it looks like our little sister Blueberry hunch was right. It was an earth pony." The mare said as the picture inside matched perfectly as the two bubbles merged.

"So, your highness put the plan into motion?" The stallion asked as she nodded her head.

“Yes, I am about to contact our little sister Blueberry to make contact with the unicorn and earth pony." The half Alicorn/unicorn mare says as she makes the two bubbles pop in front of them.

Back at the crystal tea room, sitting at a small table within earshot of Sunny Starscout and Izzy Moonbow table was drop dead gorgeous light blue half Alicorn/unicorn mare with crimson red mane and tail. She was sipping some tea from a tiny ceramic teacup. Her 5ft 6in exquisite equine figure was an attired rosebud pink mare round-neck short-sleeve T-shirt and authentic granite high rise skinny jeans. On her perfectly shaped and sized light blue ten-inch long bare feet were black kovari ballet flats. This half Alicorn/unicorn mare was Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight, the youngest daughter and last of the hidden royal foals of Princess Celestia.

Since arriving at the Crystal tea room in Bridlewood, the gorgeous Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight has not gone unnoticed by the stallion clientele of the establishment; even the owner of Crystal tea room Alphabittle Blossomforth seem to be drawn into her web.

‘A very rare crystal in Bridlewood, a gorgeous unicorn mare like that light blue unicorn over there.' Alphabittle thought, staring at Blueberry as she gracefully sipped her tea from her cup.

"Huh?" Izzy exclaims as she notices Alphabittle staring over her shoulder toward a table behind her.

'Well, hello darling, so the royal foals are in this period. Blueberry, you haven't aged a bit. Being the offspring of pure Alicorn like the Princess.' Izzy thought in a transatlantic dialect of particular light gray unicorn mare from ancient Equestria.

Went the three crystals shattered during the unrest in Ancient Equestria under the reign of Princess Twilight Sparkle, the spirits of six element holders were released and reborn in this new generation of pony to continue their protection of all of Equestria. The pony with one of the spirits of element holders is unaware of the spirit inside them, except something from ancient Equestria is viewed triggering a memory. Went the three crystals were reformed bring magic back to Equestria, those spirits became aware of their new form. They remained in the back of the pony's mind, allowing that pony to access the element holder's natural ability.

'Well, niece, if you are here. That means your brother and sister are here as well. (Watching Blueberry answer the phone in her purse) I'll bet that phone call is from Princess Aurora Silverlight; knowing the royal foals like I do, I'll bet your older sister is running the show. Just like your mother, the Princess.' The spirit of Rarity Radiances thought as she noticed something moving in the shadows of the crystal tea room.

"Huh! I must be seeing things!" Izzy exclaims, rubbing her eyes with her fingers.

"Hey, Izzy, what's wrong? You look kind of tired." Sunny inquiry went; she noticed Izzy rubbing her brilliant orchid colored eyes with her fingers.

"Nothing, Sunny, I might be tired? It had been a long few weeks since the three crystal reformed." Izzy comments as she takes another drink from her teacup in front of her.

"I know, Izzy, it's amazing how fast the three breeds of ponies have come together for the good of Equestria," Sunny commented excitedly as she took a drink from her teacup in front of her.

‘I know that magic, it night magic, like Princess Luna had, could it be Prince Somnus Silverlight. The Princess’s only son? I didn’t know Princess Celestia had foals of her own till the dying Rarity told me.’ The spirit of Princess Twilight Sparkle thought in the back of the mind of Sunny Starscout went she sensed familiar magic from ancient Equestria

‘Went rarity told me about the Royal Foals of the Princess. I was upset that the Princess forced me to take over as Equestria's leader. I watched all my friends die of old age, why I lived! It was a sun blessing went I finally died! Unlike the Princess, I gave my student a choice, and she said no. Went my student Luster Dawn refused to take the mantel of rulership with no new Alicorn to take control of the three crystals it shattered losing harmony in Equestria.’ The spirit of Princess Twilight Sparkle thought angrily as the emotion filled the back of Sunny Starscout's mind.

"Sunny, whoa! Why did you slam your fist down on the table like that?” Izzy inquiry as to the teapot almost flipped off the table went Sunny slammed her fist on the table.

"Huh? I did what?" Sunny asked, a bit confused went she saw her fist tightly clenched indent on the table.

"No way? I am sorry, Izzy, I suddenly got mad all of a sudden. It was like I remembered something that got me so mad." Sunny said, a bit shaken as she unclenched her fist.

"Huh? What so funny, Izzy?" Sunny asked as she watched Izzy bring her hand up to her snout and giggled.

"Huh?" Izzy exclaimed like Sunny, she was a bit confused with bringing her hand up to her snout.

"I don't know, Sunny? You reminded me of someone? But who I don't know." Izzy explains as she brought her cup up to her lips and took a drink. And Sunny notices Izzy look over her shoulder toward the gorgeous unicorn mare gracefully drinking her tea at a different table.

'Huh? That Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight and my sister-in-law student. She is still alive! (A tear runs down the cheek of Twilight spirit).’ The spirit of Princess Twilight Sparkle thought in the back of the mind of Sunny Starscout went she saw the gorgeous unicorn mare gracefully drinking her tea at a different table.

'As time went on, more ponies I loved died, I was slowly started to slip into depression. Before Cadence dying she told me before Flurry's heart was born, she was teaching Celestia's youngest daughter Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight the ways of white crystal magic from the Crystal Empire. She was natural at it as her, and she was very proud of it. She was very pleased if anything happened to her or Flurry Heart, the ways of White crystal magic would continue on in the heart of her student. After Flurry Heart died, I thought White Crystal Magic was lost, and the royal foals disappeared.' The spirit of Princess Twilight Sparkle thought in the back of the mind of Sunny Starscout as she continued watching the gorgeous unicorn mare gracefully drinking her tea at a different table.

"Huh? Sunny, why are you crying?" Izzy asked as tears streak Sunny apricot-coloured cheeks watching Blueberry talk on her cell phone.

"I don't know, Izzy! It's like all my emotions are not my own." Sunny said, her voice breaking as she wiped the tears off her cheeks with the back of her hand.

"But anyway, have you ever seen that light blue unicorn mare in Bridlewood before?" Sunny asked, pointing with her cup toward the unicorn mare drinking her tea.

“She quite gorgeous, Sunny. But I am not like high society in Bridlewood. I am kind of mid-society in Bridlewood." Izzy answered, taking a drink of her tea.

"How do you know she's high society, Izzy? To me, she looks like an ordinary unicorn." Sunny commented as she took a drink from her tea.

"I just know Sunny, and she has perfect manners, a mark of high society," Izzy explains as the two mares gasp went Blueberry stands up from her table and walks over to Sunny and Izzy's table.

"Greeting, my name is…." Blueberry said politely

"Blueberry!" Izzy says

"Swirl Silverlight!" Sunny says as Blueberry blinks with surprise, with these two mares knowing her full name.

"That is right, mares! Have we met before now?" Blueberry exclaimed, questioning as she sat down at the table with Sunny and Izzy raising her hand for another pot of tea which was quickly brought by Alphabittle to the table.

"Huh! An ancient coin?" Alphabittle exclaims as Alphabittle holds a gold bit with sun and moon symbol on either side of the small gold coin.

"Is there something wrong, stallion?" Blueberry asked politely as Izzy reached into her purse and exchanged the ancient coin for three newer bits.

"Miss Silverlight, how did you get your hands on an ancient coin like this?" Sunny asked, flipping through her father’s journal to the section on Equestrians currency look for the coin year.

"No way! This coin is from the reign of the two royal sisters that falls into the timeline of the rise of Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship and her friends!" Sunny said excitedly as she couldn't believe she was holding a piece of ancient Equestrian history in her hand.

"I am Archaeologist; I guess that coin fell into my purse at one of my digs," Blueberry explains, lying, reaching into her purse creating a dig journal with her potent Alicorn magic.

"You are an Archaeologist, Miss Silverlight!" Sunny said, more excited as Blueberry handed Sunny the dig journal so she may flip through it.

"Oh, my stars! My father would have loved seeing this Journal of your Miss Silverlight. He was research!" Sunny said as a smile formed on Blueberry snout.

"I heard rumours that there was some pony else doing research into ancient Equestria, But I didn't know it was an earth pony. Miss earth pony." Blueberry said, very polite as she floated her dig journal back to her.

"It not Miss Earth pony, It Sunny Starscout. And this, my friend." Sunny said, gesturing her hand toward the unicorn mare sitting next to her.

"Izzy Moonbow, Miss Silverlight," Izzy said, shaking Blueberry's hand.

"Please to meet you, Sunny and Izzy. You know my name Blueberry Swirl Silverlight." Blueberry said friendly as Izzy noticed the shadow leaving the Crystal tea room.

'Tee-hee, it looks like his highness Prince Somnus Silverlight is heading out. So my niece and nephew, what are your plans? Whatever your plans involve this unicorn and that earth pony. Mmm, I wonder if those plans involve your mother Celestia and your aunt Luna. I was told that them going to Silver Shoals was a fabricated story. I always thought the royal family wanted to live like a normal pony family, so they gave the rule to Twilight Sparkle. Then one of my duties led me to Silver Shoals, I looked for them, and I never found them. As I was leaving Silver Shoals, the mayor gave me a letter. It was a goodbye letter informing me that my nieces and nephew would fulfill their mother and aunt's duty. I never figure out what that meant.' Rarity's spirit thought as a tear ran down her cheek at the same time ran down Izzy's cheek.

Chapter 2

"Please to meet you, Sunny and Izzy. You know my name Blueberry Swirl Silverlight." Blueberry said friendly as Izzy noticed the shadow leaving the Crystal tea room.

"As I asked earlier, have we met before?" Blueberry inquiry as she took a sip of her tea.

"Because you knew my name before I told you?” Blueberry asked nervously as her cobalt blue eyes were haunted by some inner anxiety.

"Not at all, Miss Silverlight," Sunny said truthfully as she took a sip of her tea.

"Then how did you know?" Blueberry is even more nervous as beads of perspiration form on her forehead.

"This might sound strange, Miss Silverlight, but your name just popped up in my mind went I saw you. Till right now, I have never met you nor have my friend Izzy (Izzy shaking her head)." Sunny explains as Blueberry hand balled into a fist on the table before relaxing it.

"That doesn't sound all that strange, Miss Starscout; we are living in Equestria," Blueberry said jokingly as her beautiful laugh was soothing.

"Wait!" Sunny exclaims as it causes the two unicorns to gasp simultaneously.

"Wait for what, Sunny?" Izzy asked, taking a drink from her cup.

"Miss Silverlight, you say that you are an Archaeologist," Sunny said as Blueberry shook her head.

“Then maybe you can confirm the legend of the Bridlewood forest ancient castle ruins?" Sunny asked hopefully as Blueberry drank her tea very slowly in a pondering manner.

"That is no legend, Miss Starscout and Miss Moonbow. It is called the castle of the Royal pony sisters. It was the former home of the Princess that sent Twilight Sparkle out to learn about friendship." Blueberry says, knowing in a hushed tone of voice as the two mares blink with surprise with the legend being true.

"It's true!!" Sunny exclaims excitedly as Izzy cringes and notices all the establishment patrons with their ears perked up.

“If you would excuse me, mares. I just remember a quick call I have to make; I’ll be just a minute." Blueberry said, standing up from the table walking back over to her table as she noticed the same thing Izzy noticed.

Leaning against a tree in Bridlewood forest watching the Crystal tea room was a gorgeous slightly darker light blue half Alicorn/unicorn stallion with crimson red mane and tail. His muscular 6ft 2in equine figure was attired in a nickel gray-colored comfort stretch fitted dress shirt and classic black-fit flat-front pants. On his eleven and one-sixth inch, black socked light blue bare feet were black dress boots. This half Alicorn/Unicorn stallion was Prince Somnus Silverlight, the only son of Princess Celestia and Blueberry's older brother.

Much like his little sister Blueberry, Somnus has not gone unnoticed by a large number of unicorn mares in Bridlewood forest walking about with other unicorn stallions. The mares would giggle and blush if he looked toward them with his beautiful smile. A couple of beefy unicorn stallions have approached Somnus went their mare would blush and giggle to challenge him. But upon looking into his cobalt blue eyes, the challenger's courage would quickly drain away.

‘These unicorn stallions of Bridlewood forest I wish they would just leave me alone. I have no intention of stealing their mares from them. I am just doing my job like my sister orders me to do.’ Somnus thought as the phone in his pocket rang, and he answered it.

"Hello, oh Blueberry, what is up?" Somnus asked.

"I see wannabe treasure hunters have taken an interest in the castle ruins. Let me get authorization from her highness to take action." Somnus explains as he calls his sister.

In a large octagon-shaped room on the second basement floor of the castle ruins walking up to two finely decorated large stone altars with rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus on it were a gorgeous light blue half Alicorn/unicorn mare with crimson red mane and tail. Her 6ft 6in perfect equine figure was attired in Jade green finely made slightly below the knee length dress with turquoise colored lace trim. On her perfectly shaped light blue twelve-inch long bare feet with yellow toenail polish were gold wedge sandals with two and one fourth inch heels. On her head behind her horn was a gold tiara, and folded on her back were her medium-sized light blue feathered bird wings. This half Alicorn/unicorn mare was Princess Aurora Silverlight, the elder daughter of Princess Celestia and older sister of Somnus and Blueberry.

“Mother, we located the pony that reformed Princess Twilight Sparkle three crystals. I hope this will wake you and auntie up. It has been almost five thousand years since you and auntie went into hibernation. You promise to be back in three hundred years, so we can live like a normal pony family, even those we are immortal." Aurora voice a lifeless monotone as a tear runs down her cheek, splashing on the crystal top; at the same time, a tear runs down the cheek of the mare inside the frosted crystal sarcophagus.

(Three hundred years prior)

Dressed more like a farmer than a Princess was Princess Aurora Silverlight; she was attending to a sizable vegetable and fruit garden in the many outside areas of the castle of the Royal pony sisters, and not too far away was a small apple orchard. She was taught secretly about gardening and cooking by Miss Applejack Apple, the element holder of Honesty.

Meanwhile, in the sizeable octagon-shaped room on the second basement floor of the castle ruins, Prince Somnus Silverlight, dressed like a repair stallion, checks the multitude of gears and belts in the castle walls.

"Greeting, mother and Auntie, I am here to check on you two," Somnus said casually as he kneeled down in front of two finely decorated large stone altars with sun and moon symbols carved on them.

He slides open a small door revealing a control panel on the face was eleven emerald cut crystals serving as buttons in relief, and next to the buttons was a pink crystal cut in heart shape. The heart-shaped crystal beats calmly and steadily; without warning, the heart-shaped crystal begins beating at a rapid pace putting stress on two Alicorns in the crystal sarcophagus.

"Aurora, get down here right now!” Somnus yells as the quick but soft pitter-patter of mare bare feet echoes on the castle's stone floor as Aurora arrives.

"Aurora quickly opens the main control panel on the sarcophagus! Their too much stress on mother and auntie's hearts! We must stabilize it!" Somnus yells as Aurora quickly opens the main control panel on her mother's sarcophagus.

Over the next few hours, the two siblings rapidly adjust the main control panel calling back and forth the new reading on the board. Until slowly, their mother and aunt's heartbeat return to a calm and steady manner.

"Somnus, what happen?" Aurora asked as the two siblings sat on the floor beside their mother and Auntie sarcophagus.

"I don't know, Aurora? I finished checking Auntie's life support systems and was about to check our mother's life support. Auntie reading was great, and then her heartbeat went into overdrive." Somnus explains as the two siblings slowly stand back up.

“Well, the readings are back to normal, but at a much slower rate. It looks like mother and auntie have gone into a deeper sleep now.” Aurora explains as tears run down her light blue cheeks.

(Back to the present)

"After that happened, mother, we learned why you're an auntie heartbeat went into overdrive. Because Princess Twilight Sparkle's three crystals shattered." Aurora explains, kissing two of her fingers placing them on the cover of the sarcophagus holding her mother.

"Went Blueberry told us that we went into preservation mode. As ordered by you and auntie before sleeping, we couldn't interfere with the time progression of Equestria no matter what. So I sent Somnus to Canterlot to retrieve the combined crown of sun and moon to bring it here. We would separate it into the sun and moon crown later. I sent Blueberry to Crystal Empire to retrieve Princess Cadence sarcophagus and bring it here. Flurry heart told Blueberry she will use her magic to hold back the storm till her mother sarcophagus is safely away from Crystal Empire." Aurora explains, checking the control panel of the sarcophagus as the cell phone in her pocket rings, and she answers it.

"I see wannabe treasure hunters are interested; all right, brother, go ahead scare them away from looking for the castle," Aurora instructs as she puts her cell phone back in her pocket.

....

In a second room a third rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus was nestled between two giant crystals formations in that room. She runs her finger over the crystal heart on the control panel it causes it to blink several times.

“You are excited about something Aurora?” A familiar mare voice inquiry from the sarcophagus as the sarcophagus glows.

“I can also feel great joy about it, Aurora." The same familiar mare voice says, very happy.

“I am cousin; we found the pony that reformed Twilight Sparkle three Crystals," Aurora answers as the crystal heart blinks.

"That is wonderful news! Huh? Their something wrong, Aurora? Please tell your cousin Cadence what is wrong? You know I am here to help that why my daughter found a way to speak to me why I hibernate.” Cadence said reassuring as a warm glow filled this small room.

“We have been unable to get up north to check if your daughter is still alive after the collapse of Equestria went the three crystals shattered," Aurora explains as a tear runs down her cheek.

"Please, Aurora, don't cry if I didn't trust your father like I did. I would be upset with this. But I know you three have been trying to find a way up north since the fall of Equestria. Now, if your father is right went your mother and aunt awaken. I should awake too." Cadence said encouraging as warm energy ran up Aurora's hand, then her arm filling her heart with love.

(Back to crystal tea room)

"Hey, Izzy? Is there something wrong?" Sunny inquiry went she noticed the apprehensiveness on Izzy’s face.

“The Castle of the Royal pony sisters is in danger now," Izzy said, worried.

"Huh? In danger?" Sunny said, a bit puzzled

“Why?” Sunny asked

“Not every pony is interested in the history of Equestria like you, Sunny. Some are interested in how many bits they can get for the ruins. Because you just confirm the castle is real." Izzy said her voice quavering as her face is etched with sorrow.

“Miss Silverlight!” Sunny calls

"Yes, Miss Starscout?" Blueberry ask

“I just put the castle in danger!” Sunny said as Blueberry rejoins Izzy and Sunny at their table.

"I don't think we have to worry about the castle is in danger, Miss Starscout. I don't think the unicorn guardian would let anyone get close to the castle to loot it." Blueberry said

"Somnus," Izzy said in a trans-Atlantic dialect of a light-gray unicorn as Blueberry blinked with surprise.

"Huh? Izzy, who is Somnus?" Sunny asked as Izzy shook her head.

"Who, Sunny?" Izzy is a bit confused.

"You say Somnus," Sunny said, wondering.

“I have no idea who this Somnus is?” Izzy answered, still very confused with what she said.

"But anyway, Sunny, I am not feeling all that well. Could you take me home? So I can lie down." Izzy said, exhausted as sunny shook her head.

"Miss Silverlight, if you are not in a hurry, can you wait for me? I would like to talk more about the castle." Sunny said in a hush as she helped Izzy to her feet and walked her back to her home.

(An hour later)

“What is your interest in the Castle, Sunny?" Blueberry inquiry as she took a sip of fresh tea from her cup.

"My father, as I said before, was a researcher. Before his death, he was looking into the real history of Equestria and not the fabricated one that we were told in school.” Sunny explains as she takes a drink from her cup.

“Tee-hee.” Blueberry giggle

"May I ask what are you smiling about, Miss Silverlight?" Sunny inquiries

"I don't know how your friend Izzy would know the personality of Princess Twilight Sparkle. But my research into Princess Twilight Sparkle tells me you have her personality. In fact, you want to learn about anything." Blueberry comments as Sunny stomach flutters with the thought.

“Me with the personality of a great leader of Equestria? Never!” Sunny said humbly

'Me? A great leader of Equestria? If you only knew how many times I failed as the leader of Equestria, my dear earth pony. I let my three crystals shatter and allow the three tribes to hate each other.’ Twilight sparkle spirit thought as it caused Sunny to suddenly become saddened.

"Please, Miss Silverlight, don't compare me to Princess Twilight Sparkle. At one moment, I gave up; the crystals didn't work during all this. I hated went I failed my new friends, and my beliefs were broken." Sunny said her voice a lifeless monotone as tears ran down her cheeks.

"Please forgive me, Miss Starscout; I didn't mean to make you upset like that," Blueberry said, apologetic in a reassuring manner a hallmark of her royal upbringing.

"But anyway, Miss Starscout, I am planning an expedition to the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters in about a week. I heard you and your friend Izzy talking about it earlier and wondered if you would like to accompany me to the castle. The only hitch is that I need more pony help." Blueberry explains as Sunny eyes light up.

"Of course, I want to. And don't worry, Miss Silverlight, I can get more help! For your expedition to the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters. May I put what I find in my journal?" Sunny asked, holding her father's journal in her hand.

"Sure, Miss Starscout, as long as no one learns the exact location of the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters. We don’t want the unicorn guardian upset with us.” Blueberry said with a smile.

"All right, Miss Silverlight, it's a deal," Sunny said as she shook the hand of Blueberry and agreed to meet her back here in about a week with extra help.

Chapter 3

(A week later back at the Crystal Tea Room)

Watching once again through the seeing pool in the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters was Princess Aurora Silverlight; the focus was once again on the table of Sunny Starscout and Izzy Moonbow, but this time they are joined by three other ponies. The first pony was a light amber-colored earth pony stallion named Hitch Trailblazer, the sheriff of Maretime bay. From significantly earlier reconnaissance done by a disguised Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight as an earth pony mare in Maretime bay, she learned that Hitch and Sunny, along with a third earth pony stallion named Sprout, was colt hood friends.

The following two ponies were both from Zephyr Heights and part of the Royal family of the Pegasus city. The first pony was a light pink colored Pegasus named Princess Pipp Petals; she well knew pop idol in Zephyr Heights. The second pony was a white Pegasus named Princess Zephyrina Storm but prefers to be called Zip. She has been designated the next Queen of Zephyr Heights after her mother, Queen Haven, a pale pink Pegasus leaves the throne. These two Pegasus mares are the daughters of Queen Haven, the current ruler of Zephyr Heights.

'So there still a hint of royalty left in Equestria after the fall of Equestria, and five Princesses were forgotten. This outcome could be no better for our ancient Royal bloodline to finally fade into Equestria history for good. Our royal family has ruled Equestria for six thousand years it time to allow next Generation to find the way through time.' Aurora thought as she reached up and removed the Sun crown from behind her horn as a tear splashed upon it in her hand.

Back in the crystal tea room, the front door opens; walking into the establishment was Blueberry Swirl Silverlight attired in khaki-colored short sleeves camp shirt and khaki-colored cargo shorts. Thick socks and hiking boots on her perfectly shaped and sized light blue ten-inch long bare feet. On her head behind her horn was a black beret with a stylized sun pin in the center of the cap.

“Greeting Sunny and Izzy, would you like to introduce these other ponies with you?” Blueberry inquiry friendly as the other three ponies reel with astonishment went the gorgeous unicorn mare sat down at the table with Sunny and Izzy.

"Of course, Miss Silverlight," Sunny said friendly as Zip's eyebrows shoot up in surprise with the name Sunny said.

"First off, the stallion on end is Hitch Trailblazer he from the same town as me Maretime Bay and colt hood friend of mine," Sunny said, gesturing her hand toward the second earth pony.

"Next to him, the first Pegasus is Pipp Petals, the Princess from Zephyr heights and the pop idol from the same place," Sunny said, gesturing her hand toward the first Pegasus mare.

"Next to her is her sister Zip Storm, the second princess from Zephyr Heights and next queen of Zephyr heights," Sunny said, gesturing her hand toward the second Pegasus mare. Who raises her hand to stop Sunny?

"Hold on, Sunny, did you say, Miss Silverlight?" Zip asked as Blueberry's facial muscles twitch nervously went. Zip asked Sunny if she said 'Silverlight.'

"I did zip; why?" Sunny asked

"Because went I was a filly, I discovered a hole big enough in one of the walls in the palace that was being repaired leading into another room. I squeezed through the gap and found myself in a room filled with dust-covered scroll and books." Zip explains as Blueberry clasp and unclasps her hand.

‘The Canterlot Archives survived,' Blueberry thought, nervous

“As it was too dark to get a good look around the room, I found an open book on the ground. The first name on the page was Silverlight. That all I could read in the dim light of the room." Zip explains as she taps her finger against the lower half of her snout.

"I wonder if it could have been some kind of Archives. Hey, zip, did you ever return to that room?" Sunny asked, tapping her finger on the lower half of her snout.

“I couldn’t find that room again, Sunny. Anywhere in the palace, so no, I have not returned to that room.” Zip explains as Blueberry texted her sister about the Archives.

Later that day why Blueberry helped Sunny and her friends gather equipment for the expedition to the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters, a half Alicorn/ unicorn mare slips undetected into Zephyr Heights, the Pegasus's city. Instead of heading toward the palace, the half Alicorn/Unicorn mare dives into the city sewers because she knows that their many secret passages can only be accessed by Royal Alicorns. She draws a magical rune with her finger on a nearby wall went it is complete; dust-covered passages are revealed.

Once Aurora enters the passage, it closes behind her, suddenly all the sconces on the walls of the path light with magic cold blue fire lighting up the course. She makes her way down the path, the heels on Aurora's golden wedge sandals click-clack on dust covers floor, leaving her shoe prints in a thin layer of dirt, slowly darkening her light blue bare feet. As she continues down the passage, many other paths leading to another part of the palace have collapsed in on itself went that piece fell away from the palace during the loss of magic in Equestria.

What seems like an hour walk down the secret passage, Aurora finally arrives at the path leading to Canterlot Archives; she knows the way is sealed by her own mother's magic. She reaches into her dress pocket and pulls out a gold ring with her mother’s sun symbol on it, and touches the wall with it.

"Welcome, Princess Celestia." The voice of Celestia's faithful aid Raven Inkwell greets as her spirit appears before Aurora.

"Oh, excuse me, your highness. Welcome, Princess Aurora Silverlight. How can this faithful aid for her highness Celestia help the Princess's eldest daughter?" Raven Inkwell asked as the spirit of the white unicorn mare smiled.

"The Canterlot Archives was breached by a Pegasus filly," Aurora said as Raven gasped.

"Yes, the Canterlot Archives was breached by a Pegasus filly. She got in through a gap in the wall went it phased into recharge before being phased out again. Nothing was taken from the Archives, your highness." Raven reports as Aurora sighed slowly.

"But still, Miss Inkwell begin to transfer all the most dangerous books and scrolls to the Castle of the Royal pony sisters," Aurora commands as Raven shakes her head.

“Yes, your highness. As the designated Princess of the sun, I will obey your royal command." Raven said to obey the order of the Princess of the Sun.

"Went that done, Miss Inkwell, your real body, is waiting at the Castle of the royal pony sisters. If you want it. I hear by release Miss Raven Inkwell the aid to the real Princess of the sun from her duty. You may find your own path." Aurora said as tears ran down Miss Inkwell's cheeks, and Aurora retrieved the book with her sibling's royal birth records.

As the sun begins to set, Blueberry, Sunny and her friends look down from on top of a small hill onto a massive empty area covered with a slight hint of some kind of an ancient settlement. From their vantage point in the distance glittering in sunset deep in the forest was a vast crystalline tree with what looks like ruins of a once-grand castle of some bygone age. The ruins of some kind of school were directly adjacent to the crystalline tree with Princess Twilight sparkle mark on it.

"Huh?" Blueberry exclaimed as she heard crying come from Sunny and her friends as they looked upon the ruins of this ancient settlement.

‘No is this, what is left of Ponyville? Damn it!’ The spirit of Princess Twilight Sparkle thought emotional in the back of Sunny Starscout's mind as she looked upon the ruins of the friendship kingdom, her kingdom.

'Then if this Ponyville, the apple orchard we just walked through is my home, Sweet Apple Acres. Granny! Big Mac! Apple Bloom! My family! All dead!’ In a southern American accent, Hitch Trailblazer thought as tears streak his cheeks went; he turned around to look at the overgrown orchard behind him.

'Everything I built is gone! I put so much of my life into building the carousel boutique! But now it is all gone! Just like a fad!' The spirit of Rarity thought, looking across the river toward where her Carousel Boutique would have stood now, taking over by the Everfree forest.

"(Placing a hand on Izzy's shoulder) I know you are in their Miss Rarity you and the other Element holders in these ponies. We collected all your designs to keep them safe.” Blueberry comments as Izzy look up at Blueberry with the eyes of Rarity and not Izzy.

"Thank you, your highness." Rarity spoke through Izzy's lips.

"Think nothing of it, Miss Rarity, but you should give back this unicorn body," Blueberry said as Izzy shook her head.

Meanwhile, at the large campsite within the ruins of this ancient settlement walking out of one of the larger canvas tents, was a majestic and handsome looking dark blue unicorn stallion with short textured cut crimson red mane and tail. His 6ft 5in athletic equine figure was attired in a khaki-colored camp shirt and cargo pants. Brown hiking boots were on his twelve-inch long, socked dark blue bare feet.

On his head between his ears and behind his horn was a black beret with a stylized sun pin in the center of the cap. This unicorn stallion is head Archaeologist Justice Silverlight and the father to Aurora, Somnus and Blueberry Swirl Silverlight. As well as a unicorn research scientist looking into the true ancient Equestria history.

"Father!" Blueberry called as she walked onto the campsite, followed by Sunny and her friends.

“Your father!!” Sunny and her friends exclaimed simultaneously upon seeing the tall, handsome and majestic-looking unicorn stallion. Like the stallion in Bridlewood forest at Crystal tea room, the tall unicorn stallion enamoured the four mares.

‘Tee-hee it just like you Justice went you first meet you. Every pony knows one reason why the Princess felt in love with you.’ The spirit of Rarity thought in the back of Izzy Moonbow's mind as she experienced the same feeling she got went she first met Justice long ago.

"Welcome back, daughter. Are these pony you got to help at the dig?” Justice asked, kissing Blueberry on her cheek.

"Yes, father, this Sunny Starscout her father was another pony doing research on the true ancient Equestria history. This other earth pony is her friend Hitch Trailblazer from Maretime bay. These two pegasuses are Princess Pipp Petals and Princess Zip Storm, both from Zephyr heights and part of the royal family. This unicorn is Izzy Moonbow from Bridlewood forest.” Blueberry introduces Sunny and her friends to her father before taking her father aside.

"Father, I believe these five ponies have the spirits of six element holders in them. Went I talked to Izzy and Sunny in Bridlewood forest they knew my name before I said it." Blueberry explains as her father rub his chin with his hand.

“I see Blueberry, ok after every pony turns in for the night. I'll meet secretly with your sister. Aurora might know already because she has the same magic level as your mother." Justice explains as Blueberry shakes her head.

Later that night, Blueberry prepared a hearty meal for the campsite workers in the mess tent. Sunny Starscout sits by the campfire in the center of the campsite talking to Blueberry's father, Justice and showing him her father's Journal.

"I must say, Miss Starscout, your father was better than good after the three crystals shattered and all the tribes mistrusted each other. He was able to gather this much information about ancient Equestria history. Do you remember how he did it?" Justice inquiry as he flipped through Sunny father's Journal intrigued.

“All I remember from being a filly was leaving Maretime bay in the early morning and returning late at night during vacation from school. My father and I would poke around old ruins around Equestria. My father would call it an educational trip. We would spend most of the day poking around those ruins. That was the first time I found out about Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends. In one of those ruins, we discover an old beat-up book with a gold horse head on the cover.” Sunny explains as Justice gasps because he knows what the book is.

‘The magic storybook!’ Justice thought, remembering his wife telling him about the book.

(Three hundred years prior)

In the Canterlot royal palace library, a large white with a hint of pink well-manicured hand with a gold wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand rests on top of a large white book with a stylized gold horse head on the cover.

“This, the magic storybook, my love. This book has been around since the founding of Equestria. It radiates a strange magic essence. Went my sister and I were crowned the new rulers of Equestria, our teacher showed us this book. One of those chapters spoke of two fillies that would appear different from any other pony breed. It would be those fillies that would keep the peace between the three pony tribes. Because they had the power of the earth pony tribe, Pegasus tribe and Unicorn tribe. Those ponies would be called Alicorns." A motherly-like mare voice explains as the second male dark blue hand rest on top of the white with a hint of pink female hand on the book.

“Was there a chapter speaking of one of those Alicorn marrying a unicorn stallion likes me?” A stallion voice asked jokingly as the mare shadow kissed the other shadow in front of it before returning to its position.

"If there was, I wouldn't look at it! I don't want to find out that I fell in love with you was foretold beforehand, and you really didn't love me like you do." The mare voice breaks as a shadow of a second-hand reaches up behind the mare's head and rubs the mare mane.

"Now cheer up, my love; I was just joking. Besides, the first day off with no paperwork for you to do. Went you are upset like this is harder to get you to laugh and enjoy the day." The stallion's voice said sympathetically as the stallion kissed the mare again on her lips.

"Thank you, my dearest, so to get us to begin to enjoy this day. If anything should happen to Equestria, please, my dearest, find this book and keep it. This book can tell the future, that something no pony should know." The mare said as the sound of footsteps began to get quieter and quieter.

(Back to the present)

"Miss Starscout, do you still have that book you found in the ruins?" Justice asked Sunny as he handed back her father's Journal to her.

"No, Mr. Silverlight, the book disappeared soon after we returned from a two-week educational trip some years ago." Sunny explains, taking hold of the Journal.

"Went you had it? Did you look through it?" Justice asked

"I did, but all the pages from then on were all blank," Sunny said as she yawned before heading to her tent to sleep.

Chapter 4

'The Everfree forest the most mysterious location in all of Equestria for generations. Now nothing but a normal-looking forest with normal-looking woodland creatures. Went magic disappeared from Equestria after the shattering of the three crystals. The Everfree forest suffered the most without magic to feed off; it started to lose itself.' Aurora thought as she walked down a well-worn footpath weaved through the forest toward the ruins of Ponyville on the edge of the woods.

'In this mysterious location, you could find cockatrice, manticores, Timberwolves, Ursa Major and Minor, all magical creatures living in this forest for generations. Now all gone.' Aurora thought as she walked past a huge cave that was once the home to Ursa Major and Minor. As well as the skeletal remains of Manny roar the manticore and numerous small cockatrices.

'I was also told that mysterious zebra mare once lived in this forest, and her magic was very different from any unicorn magic.' Aurora thought, pausing in front of a tree with what looks like a hut structure in it long since abandoned and taken over by the tree.

'I was also told a story about a mirror pool hidden in the Everfree Forest. If that so that hazardous object.' Aurora thought passes by a vast area with many brambles and a huge boulder in its center on her way to the river that divides the Everfree Forest in half in the center.

'This river was once the home to a male sea serpent named Steven Magnet. He had a fabulous mustache, from what Miss Rarity told me. Unfortunately, he was the first to disappear went magic was lost in Equestria.' Aurora thought stopping on the edge of the riverbank, reaches down to unbuckle her sandals and remove them.

Before proceeding across the river, hopping across the rocks sticking out of the river to the other side, once safely on the opposite bank of the river, Aurora elected to carry her sandals continuing down the path in her bare feet. The rest of the way down the path to the edge of the forest is safe for a barefooted mare to walk without cutting up her feet.

‘That little patch of wilted strange-looking flower off the side of the path is, called poison Joke flowers. Those flowers quickly wilted went magic disappeared from Equestria. It was too late to save those flowers from dying by the time magic returned. Which is a blessing as those flowers are very dangerous flora in Equestria?’ Aurora thought, as she left her perfect bare footprints in the soft dirt on the path. A moment later, she looked up and spotted the stallion waiting at the edge of the forest for her and stepped up her paces to reach him.

“Father!” Aurora exclaimed as she run-up to the stallion and hugged him with her arms and wings.

"Greeting daughter, I see you made it," Justice said friendly, returning his daughter hug.

"Of course, father, there not much left of this Everfree Forest after magic was lost in Equestria. Any dangerous species have died out, making this forest a normal forest area in Equestria." Aurora explains floating her removed sandals in the air with her Alicorn magic.

"But anyway, father, why did you want to talk to me?" Aurora asked

"Your little sister, Blueberry, just inform me that the five ponies she brought with her might have the spirits of one of element holder in them. Has your magic picked up on that?" Justice inquiry as Aurora smiles at him.

"It has father, but the presence of the element holders has not affected the sarcophagus at the Castle of the royal pony sisters. So I am a little bit perplexed about the whole thing. Maybe the Element holders must be in the same place as the sarcophagus for it to work." Aurora mentioned as she tapped her finger against the lower half of her snout in contemplating manner.

Meanwhile, in a separate small square room at the Castle of the Royal pony sisters, a third rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus nestled between two giant crystals formations begins to glow with intense light. A moment later, a low hissing sound as the lid of the third rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus opens, releasing billows of puffy white clouds from inside the sarcophagus.

Through the clouds reaching out was a slender light pink well-manicured five-fingered hand with sparkling royal blue nail polish. It is followed by a groaning sound from the figure inside the sarcophagus before the soft pip-plops of bare feet on the floor are heard. As the clouds began to clear, standing in front of the sarcophagus was a beautiful light pink Alicorn mare with moderate violet, moderate rose, and pale gold streaked mane and tail. Her curvy 5ft 9in equine figure was attired in some kind of strange bodysuit that ended just above her knees.

Her light pink lower elegant legs were bare as she walked upon ten-inch, long attractive light pink slim bare feet with royal blue toenail polish. And folded on her back were her medium-sized light pink feathery bird wings. The Alicorn stomach growls upon seeing the fresh food sitting on the small table in front of her.

She walks with an awkward gait as her legs and brain have yet to make a connection, but before long, she walks the rest of the way toward the food very gracefully. She sits down at the table and begins shovelling the food into her mouth as if she had not eaten for many centuries. With a very unladylike belch, Alicorn finishes her meal.

“Burr it cold," The Alicorn exclaims as a chill runs up her elegant legs for the cold stone floor of this room as the soles of her feet have warmed up since emerging from her sarcophagus.

“Hmm, let's see if this works." The Alicorn said, snapping her fingers, transforming her strange bodysuit into navy blue short-sleeved midi length fit and flare dress and gold blocked heeled gladiator sandals appears on her feet.

(At the edge of the Everfree forest)

"Huh! Did you feel that, father? The use of Alicorn magic?" Aurora asked as she felt the magic being used.

"I did! Daughter! Let me try to find out whom?" Justice said, closing his eyes to pinpoint the user of Alicorn magic.

‘That magic belongs to Cadence!’ the spirit of Princess Twilight Sparkle thought in the back of Sunny Starscout's mind as Sunny slept in her tent at the dig site.

Meanwhile, on the other side of what used to be called the Crystal Mountains, the land is locked in eternal snowstorms; at the center of the snowstorm sits the ruins of a once-great city made entirely of Crystals. At the center of that great city sits the remains of a great crystalline palace, the home to rulers of that empire.

Hidden deep in the bowels of that crystalline palace is a fourth rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus nestled between two massive crystals formations. After centuries of inactivity, the control board's pink crystal heart begins blinking again, awaiting the right kind of magic to open it, freeing the figure inside it.

(Back to edge of the Everfree forest)

"It can't be; it comes from the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters! (A tear runs down his cheek) That magic is from Cadence." Justice exclaimed as Aurora spread her light blue feathered bird wings and took to the sky.

She arrives a moment later at the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters; after landing, she runs into the Castle, her perfectly shaped light blue twelve-inch long bare feet with yellow toenail polish pip-plop rapidly down a stone staircase to the sizeable octagon-shaped room on the second basement floor of the castle ruins.

Upon arriving in the sizeable octagon-shaped room, the golden sandals Aurora was holding in her hand slowly dropped to the floor of the chamber went she looked upon the beautiful light pink Alicorn mare with moderate violet, moderate rose and pale gold streaked mane and tail standing between her mother and aunt sarcophagus with her hand resting on Aurora’s mother lid.

"It seems your father miscalculated the order of the awakening. As both my Aunts are still in hibernation. And I am awake." The Alicorn said, slightly disappointed as she sighs slowly folding her light pink feathered bird wings onto her back.

"But still, your father was right; it looks like I inherited immortality being an Alicorn for so long. Because sleeping in that regeneration sarcophagus restored my mystic energy and my life forces.” The Alicorn said, amazed as she felt stronger since awakening from her hibernation.

"Cadence!" Aurora exclaims as she runs up to her cousin and embraces her tightly, pleased to have at least one of the Alicorn Princesses awake from hibernation.

“(Chuckles to herself, noticing the sun crown on Aurora's head), so with your mother still in hibernation, I guess you are the designated Princess of the Sun, Princess Aurora Silverlight. So the Princess of Love and ruler of crystal empire, Princess Cadence Sparkle. Are at your command, your highness." Cadence said formally as she does a royal curtsy to Aurora as the overall ruler of Equestria.

"(A smile on Aurora's face) I thank you, Your Highness. Princess Cadence Sparkle, I think my father and little sister could use your help. So let me catch you up on the plan and the new timeline." Aurora explained the whole plan to her cousin Cadence as she took in the explanation.

Like the sunrise in the sky, Sunny Starscout exited her tent at the dig site last night; she had a strange dream of a massive heart with a great crystalline city hidden by a never-ending snow storm some were in the north. She hoped to talk to Blueberry's father, Justice; maybe he could help her figure out what that dream meant.

As she walks into the mess tent, she spots the beautiful light pink pegasi mare with moderate violet, moderate rose and pale gold streaked mane and tail sitting at the table drinking some coffee. Her curvy 5ft 9in equine figure was attired in a khaki-coloured camp shirt and khaki-coloured cargo shorts.

Her light pink elegant legs were bare, and on her ten-inch, long attractive light pink slim bare feet were thick socks and hiking boots. Folded on her back were her medium-sized light pink feathery bird wings. On her head between her ears was a black beret with a stylized sun pin in the center of the cap.

"Excuse me, mare, who are you?" Sunny inquires as she walks up to the light pink pegasi mare.

“Good morning Miss Starscout. Who am I? My name is Cadence Borealis. I am the niece of Justice Silverlight and Archivist for all my uncle's digs. Please to meet you." Cadence said friendly as Sunny noticed the satchel hanging off her shoulder with all kinds of Journals and writing implements.

"Went did you arrive, Miss Borealis? I don't remember seeing you?" Sunny asked as she sat down on the opposite side of the table in front of Cadence.

"I was in the forest just north of the campsite recording a few pieces of large artifacts that my uncle found a few days ago. I returned to the campsite late last night and turned in for the night went I arrived." Cadence explained very convincingly to alleviate Sunny's suspicion about this light pink pegasi mare.

‘I see Cadence elected to enter the regeneration sarcophagus.’ The spirit of Princess Twilight sparkles thought in the back of Sunny Starscout's mind.

(Several months before Queen Twilight Sparkle three crystals shattered)

“Are you sure Twilight, you want to die?” Justice inquiry to the adult Queen Twilight sparkle in the empty throne room of Canterlot Grand Royal Palace.

"I do Justice without my friends; why live forever. Unlike the Princess, I can't watch ponies I love pass away for thousands of years?” Twilight comments as she knows that Justice is immortal like the Princesses and Imperial Alicorn.

"With no new Alicorn to take over rulership of Equestria, there could be unknown consequences to you dying, your Majesty," Justice explains as Queen Twilight sighs softly as her wings open and closes on her back.

"I know your imperial highness, but my student Luster Dawn Star shine refused to take the mantel of rulership of Equestria, and I am not going to change my mind from dying.” Queen Twilight said unyielding as Justice’s unfurled his biomechanical metal feather bird wings from his back.

“You know I respect your decisions, your Majesty. But right now, that is the most selfish decision you have made, Queen Twilight Sparkle! I have already told you the Imperial Alicorns will not interfere with this planet's time progression. The only reason the other Princesses elected to enter the regeneration sarcophagus is to see the future of Equestria." Justice said hotly as he folded his biomechanical metal feathered bird wings onto his back.

(Back to the present)

‘After that meeting with Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight, I died many weeks later.’ Queen Twilight Sparkle thought in the back of Sunny Starscout's mind.

'And what the Imperial Prince thought happen my three crystals shattered, and harmony was lost in Equestria. All because of my selfishness of not wanting to be alone without my friends.’ Queen Twilight Sparkle thought in the back of Sunny Starscout's mind as tears ran down her cheeks at the same time running down Sunny cheeks.

"Huh? What is wrong, Miss Starscout?" Cadence asked, seeing the tears run down Sunny cheeks as Sunny wipes the tears off her cheeks with the back of her hand.

“I don't know, Miss Borealis. I suddenly got sad. This has happened back in Bridlewood forest to me. I have no idea why this happing to me?" Sunny said, somewhat fearful as Sunny friends began walking into the mess tent for breakfast and met the newest family member from the Silverlight family dig team.

Chapter 5

"Huh? What is wrong, Miss Starscout?" Cadence asked, seeing the tears run down Sunny cheeks as Sunny wipes the tears off her cheeks with the back of her hand.

“Sunny! What happen?”Izzy asked, concerned with her friend Sunny mental health.

"It happen again, Izzy, that deep sadness like back in the crystal tea room," Sunny said shakily as Hitch, Pipp, and Zip looked at each other very confused.

"Pipp and Zip, do you know what she is talking about?" Hitch asked the two Pegasus.

"I am sorry, Hitch, but I don't know?" Pipp answered

"That goes for me as well, sheriff," Zip answered

"Izzy, you better start talking! what going on with Sunny?" Hitch asked as the unicorn shook her head.

"Back in Bridlewood Forest, Sunny started to have bouts of intense anger and sadness for no reason. It would last for a few moments, and Sunny would return to normal. If you asked her why she would have that emotion, she would say I don't remember." Izzy explained as Cadence excused herself and walked outside the mess tent to talk to her uncle about what happened to Sunny Starscout.

“Uncle! Hello Blueberry.” Cadence yells as she finds her uncle standing by the extinguished campfire talking to his younger daughter Blueberry.

“Yes, niece.” Justice answer

"Hello, Cousin." Blueberry friendly

"Hello to both of you," Cadence said, her voice breaking as the two unicorns looked at each other.

"What is wrong, cousin? Do not forget you taught me. So I can tell something is troubling you, teacher." Blueberry asked, knowing as a smile formed on Cadence's snout.

"Indeed, my student," Cadence said, knowing as she took a deep breath.

"Aurora told me the full plan went I woke up from hibernation. I feel I might know what spirit is in that earth pony Sunny Starscout. And that very dangerous." Cadence explains as two unicorns gasp.

"Who, teacher?” Blueberry asked

"It Queen Twilight Sparkle spirit in that earth pony," Cadence says, concerned.

"Now I understand, niece, and you are right; it is perilous for that earth pony. A unicorn is a very emotional breed, and as we all know, our magic is based on our emotions. But Alicorn more so. If Queen Twilight Sparkle spirit is in that mare, it could overwhelm her, and it might kill her." Justice explains his face grows haggard with worry as he slams his fist into his open hand with a loud smack.

“Mr. Silverlight! Miss Silverlight! Miss Borealis! Come quickly! Something is wrong with Sunny!” Izzy scream as the three ponies run into the mess tent.

In the Mess tent, Sunny Starscout begins to have an emotional breakdown with the overwhelmingly emotional state of the Spirit of Queen Twilight Sparkle inside her.

“The plan is now over! Cadence sees if your white crystal magic can calm this earth pony before her mind is too damaged!” Justice commands as Cadence takes on her Alicorn form and calls on her white crystal magic.

"Blueberry calls your sister and brother. Tell them to come to the campsite now. The plan is over!" Justice orders Blueberry to call her brother and sister to come to the campsite.

“Who are you?” Sunny’s friends asked simultaneously.

"I am Prince Justice Silverlight! That unicorn is Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight! And that Alicorn is Princess Cadence Sparkle; we are all part of the ancient Equestria royal family. It was my wife who sent Twilight Sparkle to learn about friendship in ancient Equestria." Justice explains as Sunny's friends reel with astonishment.

(A few hours later at the campfire)

“Miss Starscout is stable, your imperial highness. But my spell can’t last forever. We must find a way to get Queen Twilight Sparkle spirit out of the earth pony. Before it too late." Cadence explains joining the other two Alicorns at the campfire.

"Wait, she calls you your imperial highness and not your highness? What are you?" Hitch asked, looking at Prince Justice Silverlight.

“I am Imperial Alicorn and Imperial Prince," Justice said

"Never heard of imperial Alicorn. But I know in ancient Equestria all Alicorns are the ruler of Equestria." Hitch said, knowing as Izzy; Pipp and Zip's eyebrows shoot up in surprise with Hitch.

"Well, Sheriff?"Zip said surprised

“I am never going to tell Sunny. But I did listen to her father, more to disapprove that all ponies’ breeds were friends.” Hitch explains as Justice chuckles softly into the back of his hand.

"You are correct, Mr. Trailblazer; Alicorns are the rulers of Equestria. History didn't tell you that four Alicorns ruled Equestria. Each one was a very powerful magic user and the embodiment of one aspect." Justice explains as Sunny’s friends gape in stunned silence as Justice gestured toward his niece.

"That light pink Alicorn, Princess Cadence Sparkle, was the embodiment of the power of love in Equestria. Went the crystal reformed, you released her empire's lights bring back magic to Equestria." Justice explains as Cadence shakes her head.

"Whoa, did you say Sparkle? Are you related to Twilight Sparkle from our stories, your highness?" Izzy exclaimed as her breath caught in her throat, looking toward Cadence.

"Queen Twilight Sparkle is my sister-in-law." Cadence answers as Sunny's friends are shocked by Alicorn's response.

"Then are the Silverlight related to Twilight Sparkle as well?" Izzy asked as Cadence shook her head 'no.'

"No, Miss Moonbow, I am related to them from my aunt's side of the family and not from Queen Twilight Sparkle's family." Cadence answers as she swallows a lump in her throat.

"(Raise her hand in the air, stopping Izzy next question) All these ponies promised never to reveal my aunt's identity unless she so orders it to be revealed." Cadence, firm as Sunny's friends, agreed not to ask, and Justice watched Cadence explains what was going on with Sunny.

"So your highness, you are saying each of us has the spirit of element holder in us. I don't believe that, your highness." Hitch said, trying to disprove what Cadence said, but know it might be true.

"In your case, Mr. Trailblazer, you have two spirits of the element holders in you," Cadence says, gesturing toward the small animal coming out of the forest to be around Hitch, and he quickly shoos them away.

"If I believe you, your highness. Whom?" Hitch asked, not wanting to know the answer.

"One of those spirits is Miss Flutter Shy, the holder of the element of Kindness and the other one is Miss Applejack, the holder of the element of Honesty an earth pony and Pegasus." Cadence's comment started to make sense for Hitch why the Maretime bay citizens trust him so.

"As for you, Miss Moonbow, you have the spirit of most precious element holder to my uncle's family in you," Cadence comments as Izzy notices the tears coming to the eyes of the Silverlight family members.

"Miss Rarity Radiances, the holder of the element of generosity. She was a very creative unicorn mare. Ran two very successful clothing businesses in Equestria, one here in Ponyville and one up in Canterlot. At times she could be a huge drama queen…." Justice said as he didn't notice Rarity's spirit taking control of Izzy Moonbow's body.

"You take that back, Justice! I was not a huge drama queen! I was enthusiastic, darling. Besides, why would you say that about your friend, Mr. Silverlight?” Rarity said, poking Izzy's finger against Justice's chest, upset.

"So you didn't freak out went you lose some of your mane?" Justice comments as Izzy blink with surprise.

“Huh! I told Twilight not to tell anyone about that.” Rarity exclaims as Justice hugs Izzy as Rarity's spirit goes back into the back of the mind of Izzy Moonbow.

"Oh, a hug! I love hugs!" Izzy said, eager as she returned Justice's hug.

“Miss Moonbow?” Justice exclaims as Justice release his hug on the unicorn.

"Oh, come on, that was the best hug I ever had," Izzy said, a bit disappointed as she went back to her place.

"As for you, Miss Storm, you have the spirit of Miss Rainbow Dash, the element holder of loyalty. A very athletic and daring Pegasus." Cadence explains as Zip gulps, figuring why she is an adrenaline junkie looking for the next great adventure.

"As for you, Miss Petals, before I say let me just say my uncle has healthy fear of this spirit. Not because she is bad, but very unpredictable. That spirit is Miss Pinkie pie, the element holder of Laughter. She was a tremendous earth pony entertainer and party planner." Cadence explains as Justice's face just pales with the name Pinkie pie after all this time.

"Ok, your highness, that all of us. What about Sunny?" Hitch asked, looking toward Cadence.

"Miss Starscout has the spirit of Princess Twilight Sparkle, the element holder of magic in her. An Alicorn…earth pony is a very hearty breed. As for unicorns and Alicorn, we are emotionally driven by how our magic works and the Alicorn more so. Right now, Sunny is going through the worst emotional roller coaster any pony can, and if that spirit stays in her, it can kill her.” Cadence explains as a sickening wave of terror wells up from Sunny's friend's bellies.

"Your Highness, is there anything we can do to help Sunny?" Zip asked; her voice breaks as she looked toward Cadence.

“I can enter Miss Starscout subconscious through the dream dimension and try to extract the spirit of Princess Twilight Sparkle from her mind...But!” With some trepidation in his voice, Somnus said his face was etched in desperation.

"There something wrong, your highness? Something you are not telling us?" Izzy said, knowing as she looked at Somnus.

“If Miss Starscout’s mind is in turmoil as I think, that makes it even harder to locate and extract the spirit successfully. If my teacher was still around, she could do it easily because she the master of the dream dimension." Somnus's voice was a lifeless monotone as his stomach contracted to a tight ball and tears rolled down his cheek.

In the large octagon-shaped room on the second basement floor of the castle ruins with the two finely decorated large stone altars with rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus. The second rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus begins to glow with intense light. A moment later, the unmistakable sound of grinding gears echoing in the room as the lid of the second rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus slides.

It crashes to the ground on one side of the sarcophagus releases great billows of puffy white clouds from inside the sarcophagus; through the clouds rises elongated black shadows that turn at an unnatural angle. It shoots straight for the fresh food sitting on the small table in front of it; as the shadow passes over the food, it suddenly disappears from the plates on the table without it being touched. A disembodied, very unladylike belch echoes in the chamber before it shoots outside the castle toward the campsite.

The elongated black shadow soon arrives at the campsite; it hovers in the air for a few seconds before landing and transforming into heavenly looking dark blue Alicorn mare with a glossy black mane and tail; she scans the campsite with her dark cyan colored eyes try to figure out where to go. Her elegant 6ft 5in equine figure was attired in light purple short-sleeved midi length fit and flare dress with silver flat leather sandals on her feet.

She walks upon a pair of twelve-inch long dark blue wonderfully shaped bare feet with ruby red toenail polish. Folded on her back was a pair of large dark blue feathered bird wings. This Alicorn mare was Princess Luna Borealis, the dual ruler of ancient Equestria.

'Over there is where my student is, and he needs my help.' Luna thought as she walked toward the mess tent, leaving her shoe prints in the soft dirt of the campsite.

As the tent flap is pushed open leading into the mess tent, collective gasps went; the larger Alicorn mare walks in from Sunny's friends, who can feel her goddess's level magic coming off her.

“Auntie! You are awake!” Somnus exclaims as Luna walks up to her nephew and hugs him.

"I am bound to you, my little Somnus; if you ever need me, nothing will stop me from coming to your aid. That is my promise to you." Luna said, caring as she looked toward the four new ponies gathered around a fifth pony lying on a cot.

"Hmm? I have never seen those ponies before? But if you are here your imperial highness, then those ponies are friends. I am Princess Luna Borealis, co-ruler of ancient Equestria along with my sister." Luna said politely in a regal voice, looking at the fifth pony lying on the cot and looking up.

“The co-ruler of ancient Equestria!" Sunny's friends say simultaneously, shocked.

Chapter 6

“The co-ruler of ancient Equestria!" Sunny's friends say simultaneously, shocked as Luna knelt down by the cot and unfolded her large dark blue feathered bird wings from her back as her feathers began glowing.

“I see their two competing spirits in this earth pony mare mind. Huh! One of those spirits is Queen Twilight Sparkle (gawk in disbelief). Do any of you know just how dangerous having an Alicorn spirit like Twilight in her!?" Luna said hotly as her hand stopped glowing, and she lifted it off Sunny Starscout's forehead.

"We do, Luna, but we don't know why Queen Twilight Sparkle's spirit was reborn in this particular earth pony mare. She is no unicorn." Justice explains as Luna's gaze softens as she knows Justice would never lie to her.

"Let me try to find out," Luna said as she placed her hand back on Sunny Starscout's forehead, and her hand started to glow once again.

“Argyle Star shine!” Luna said as Hitch’s face glazed with shock.

"That is Sunny father's name!" Hitch exclaims.

“So her father? It seems that Miss Starscout's father is the descendant of Twilight's student Luster Dawn Star Shine, the unicorn that refused the Mantle of Leadership for Equestria, causing the three crystals to shatter. So it looks like her spirit seeks out the descendant of her student maybe to fix her mistake." Luna explains as everyone gasps at once with the information that Luna relayed.

"By my light! Cadence, I need a heart crystal to extract Queen Twilight Sparkle spirit from Miss Starscout's soul! The emotional breakdown is getting worse in this earth pony!" Luna calls, her voice edged with tension.

"Went I enter the sarcophagus, I only had one created, and that is the one that keeps Miss Starscout stable! I am too far from the Crystal Empire to create a second heart crystal!" Cadence explains as she struggles to control the quivering in her voice.

"Uncle, you are the fastest of all of us! Can you fly to the Crystal Empire and get me a crystal?" Cadence said, hopeful as stress lines form on Justice’s brow.

"I can! But I would not know what Crystal to take! I am not versed in white crystal magic like you and Blueberry! If I pick the wrong one, it could be catastrophic!" Justice said, anxious as the tension started to build in the mess tent.

"Every pony! Stop this right now! This not helping the situation right now!" Blueberry said in a concise royal voice cooling down the tension in the tent.

"Father, the tree that Twilight old castle is in is made out of crystal, correct?" Blueberry asked

"Yes," Justice answered.

“Cousin, can we use that Crystal to make a heart crystal?” Blueberry asked

“I suppose? Any kind of crystal can be made into a heart crystal if I can't get hold of Crystal from the Crystal Empire." Cadence answers as Blueberry look toward her aunt Luna.

"I know what you are thinking, my young niece? That would be perfect; it would be a familiar object for the spirit and would most likely go to it.” Luna explains as Blueberry smiles.

"Then I'll make a trip to the castle," Blueberry said, stopping in front of the tent flap went Hitch say stop.

"I am going with you, your highness," Hitch said

"I will go to, your highness," Zip said

“We will stay here with Sunny.” Izzy and Pipp said

"Very well, let's get going; it's quite a hike to the castle. That forest area is very dense because it is so close to the castle." Blueberry said as Hitch and Zip joined Blueberry to make their way to the castle of Friendship and crystal tree.

Meanwhile, in the sizeable octagon-shaped room on the castle ruins' second basement floor, the two finely decorated large stone altars with rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus. The first rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus begins to glow with intense light. A moment later, the unmistakable sound of grinding gears echoing in the room as the lid of the first rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus slides off.

It crashes to the ground on one side of the sarcophagus releases great billows of puffy white clouds inside the casket; through the clouds reaching out was a large white with a hint of pink well-manicured five-fingered hand with dark blue nail polish. It is followed by a groaning sound from the figure inside the sarcophagus before weightier pip-plops of bare feet on the floor are heard. As the clouds began to clear, standing beside the casket was a breathtakingly gorgeous white with a hint of pink Alicorn mare with golden blonde mane and tail. She yawns once as she lifts her left hand and stares at the gold ring on her fourth finger.

Her perfect 6ft 5in equine figure was attired in some kind of strange bodysuit that ended just above her knees. Her perfectly shaped white with a hint of pink long legs were bare as she walked upon reasonably large, long, full, thick and plush white with a touch of pink luxurious bare feet with dark blue toenail polish. Her large white with a hint of pink feathery bird wings was folded on her back. This Alicorn mare was Princess Celestia Silverlight, the wife of Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight and the mother of Aurora, Somnus and Blueberry Swirl Silverlight.

Celestia Silverlight's stomach growls upon seeing the fresh food sitting on the small table in front of her. She walks up to the table with the utmost grace of a royal Alicorn, grabs a fresh apple from the fruit bowl, and takes a bite out of the apple when she finishes the apple and holds another one. In a few hours, Celestia ends her meal, and without a very unladylike belch, Celestia makes her way to the room with seeing pool in it.

“Burr it cold," Celestia exclaims as a chill runs up her perfectly shaped white with a hint of long pink legs for the cold stone floor of the room as the soles of her feet have warmed up since emerging from her sarcophagus.

'If I use my magic right now, it is only a matter of time before my husband and my foals sense my magic and know that I am awake. It's not like I don't want to hug my family; I miss them so much. But right, I have no idea what the circumstances of Equestria are. So this seeing pool should help.’ Celestia thought, passing her large hand over the seeing pool to scope out all of Equestria without using her goddess-level magic.

"Besides, I am pretty used to walking about barefooted went I was at the palace," Celestia commented as she continued changing the scenes around the new Equestria in the seeing pool learning about the unique circumstances of her land and getting used to the chill.

Its been about an hour since Blueberry, Hitch, and Zip made their way to the abandoned Castle of Friendship; due to the forest being left unattended for so long, the woods surrounding the abandoned Ponyville settlement has grown into a jungle area. This has forced the group to hack their way through the dense foliage with the machetes they are carrying. With one all-mighty swing of her machete, Blueberry cuts through the underbrush, and the team emerges in an open area with a dried-up fountain with a sculpture of rearing up earth pony.

"Hitch and Zip, let's take a five-minute break here! We still have a good half-hour trek ahead of us before we reach the abandoned Castle of Friendship at the edge of the settlement.” Blueberry explains as she sits down on the edge of the fountain and crosses her legs, one knee tossed casually over the other.

"Their no argument here, your highness," Zip said as she plopped down on the ground in front of Blueberry, tired.

"Huh?" Hitch exclaimed, watching Blueberry untie her boot and remove it before pulling her sock off and begin rubbing the soreness out of her perfectly shaped and sized palatial light blue immaculate and symmetrical barefoot from the hike.

"Is there something wrong, Mr. Hitch? You are staring at me?" Blueberry asked as she casually continued rubbing her sore foot, and Hitch watched.

“Your highness…” Hitch said as Blueberry softly snorts at Hitch.

"Blueberry, please, I am only your highness if I am wearing my gowns and crown for court duty," Blueberry said politely as Zip chuckles into the back of her hand.

"Blueberry, I think I know what hitch was going to ask," Zip said as Hitch shook his head.

“You are not the typical royalty like in Zephyr Heights. You are more real." Zip commented as it caused Blueberry to chuckle as she continued rubbing her sore foot with her hand.

"It's because my father was a knight for my mother before he married her," Blueberry answers as she places her barefoot on the soft soil before crossing her other leg and removing that boot and sock so she can rub her other sore foot.

"Well, you two let eat before we continue on our way to the abandoned Castle of Friendship," Blueberry said as she used the clean rainwater inside the fountain to wash her hands.

As Blueberry, Hitch and Zip finish their lunch and Blueberry puts her socks and boots back on, they leave the area of the dried-up fountain with a sculpture of rearing up earth pony and continue their trek to the abandoned Castle of Friendship on the edge of the settlement. The moment the area is clear, a pair of filthy slenderly gracefully rounded gorgeous shaped light magenta ten and one-third inch long bare feet. The feet had chipped and faded jewel-tone deep azure blue toenail polish steps into the area, leaving her barefoot prints in soft soil.

The bare feet belong to an excellent looking light magenta-coloured young adult Alicorn mare with shoulder length gradient of light cerise to pastel violet with light arctic blue highlighted mane and tail. Her 5ft 4in shapely equine figure was attired in torn and tattered deep cobalt blue knee-length sheath dress. On top of her head behind her horn was tarnished gold crown. Folded on her back were her medium-sized light magenta-coloured feathery bird wings.

'That was my cousin Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight, but I don't know who those other two ponies are, and my uncle told me to be very careful Equestria is not the same?’ The young adult Alicorn mare thought, watching her cousin and other two ponies make their way to the abandoned Castle of Friendship on the edge of the settlement.

(Several weeks after the shattering of Queen Twilight sparkle’s three crystals)

As the snowstorms started to worsen from the last windigos in Crystal Empire, I was severely injured from battling the windigos. With my strength slowly draining away, I head to the only place I might find help, the Castle of Friendship in Ponyville as Canterlot was in chaos as the magic that was holding together the city had failed. Went I arrived at the Castle of Friendship in Ponyville, it was dead quiet, no pony around. I walked into the Castle of Friendship, my heels click-clack on the crystal floor of the hallway before I passed out from my wounds.

It had been about several weeks after securing the three Princesses sarcophagus at the Castle of the Royal Pony sisters in Everfree forest. I informed my foals that I was going to scout out the remains of Equestria and try to find that magic storybook that their mother wanted me to secure. It was next to impossible to safely search for the magical storybook with the fear of the other tribes at its height. So I suspended my search for the magic storybook and continued my survey of Equestria.

On my way back to the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters after my latest reconnaissance survey of the Dragon lands and Griffonstone, both places dead, I decided to scout more of the Castle of Friendship before heading back to my foals in Everfree forest. As I finished exploring the second floor of the castle where the living areas are, I spotted the body of a pony lying on the ground in the hallway from the second-floor landing.

I flew down to the body and was shocked to find the young adult daughter of my niece Cadence. Princess Flurry Heart Sparkle was severely wounded, so I quickly scooped her up and took her to one empty bedroom. The wounds were so bad trying to get her to the castle of the Royal Pony sisters would make things worse. So after laying her down on the bed, I tore her pumps off her feet and set to work trying to stabilize her wounds. I quickly sent word back to Aurora to send me Blueberry to help me stabilize Flurry Heart wounds.

My younger daughter Blueberry arrived a few minutes later with all her emergency medical equipment. Trained as a Solar Guard emergency medical pony paramedic; she quickly took care of Princess Flurry Heart Sparkle, and I assisted her. Went Blueberry stabilize Princess Flurry Heart Sparkle wounds we spoke for a long time.

Before sending word to my oldest daughter Princess Aurora Silverlight, she is the designated Princess of the Sun with her mother incapacitated and the only one that can decide the next course of action for Princess Flurry Heart Sparkle.

Chapter 7

As my light opal green eyes open up, I found myself lying on a bed in one of the bedrooms of the Castle of Friendship, looking up at the dusty canopy over my head. As I slowly sat up, I instinctively cringed from my wounds but soon discovered that all my injuries were bandaged. I had a momentary panic attack, not knowing who brought me to this room and patched me up and what plans they had for me.

But soon, the panic attack subsided, and I stood up from the bed; my bare feet pip-popped over cold tile floors of the bedroom, leaving my footprints in the thin layer of dust as I walked over to the door. I heard talking outside the room; it sounded like one stallion and two mares; they were having a long discussion about what I could make out it was about me and what to do with me.

My heart began to beat rapidly as nauseating spurts of adrenaline course through my veins which only aggravated my injuries further and intensified my fear of being hurt and at my mystic energy limits. My heart pumped spastically inside my chest as the doorknob started to turn on the door and the door slowly began to open into the room. My face became a mask of terror as I couldn't gather enough magical energy to cast the most basic of Alicorn magic.

"Miss Flurry Heart Sparkle! What are you doing out of bed!? By my mother's light, I have to change your dressings!" Blueberry said testily as my blood-soaked through my bandages from my wounds.

"Cousins! Uncle! I am sorry the Crystal Empire fell! I couldn't hold back the snowstorm; my magic was exhausted!" Flurry's heart said her voice was as cold as death, and tears streaked her light magenta cheeks.

"(Wiping the tears off Flurry heart's cheeks with his fingers) Stop crying, Flurry Heart, you did all you could to hold back the storm. What important is that you are alive, and I don't have to tell your mother went she come out of hibernation you are dead." Justice said, encouraging as Flurry Heart wiped her tears off her face with her hand.

(Back to present time)

'After that, I told my uncle and cousins I would remain here at the Castle of Friendship, protecting my aunt Twilight Sparkle castle and school from looters.' ‘Flurry Heart thought as she spread her feather bird wings and flew back to Castle of Friendship to meet those new pony guests with her cousin Princess Blueberry swirl Silverlight.

‘See you at the castle of Friendship Flurry Heart’ Blueberry thought, watching the light magenta-colored Alicorn mare flying overhead heading back to the castle of friendship and the school of friendship.

"Hey, Miss Silverlight, why are you looking in the air?" Hitch asked as he looked in the air, barely missing the light magenta-coloured Alicorn mare flying back to the castle.

"Oh, no reason, Mr. Trailblazer. It's just a beautiful day; being in a dark hole digging around in ruins makes you appreciate each and every beautiful day to come." Blueberry said, profound as she hacks through the underbrush.

"That right, Miss Silverlight, but anyway, I never asked. What is your mother like? Is she like your father?" Hitch asked as Zip caught up to the unicorn and earth pony; went they stopped for a minute.

"My mother is a wonderful mare, as like my father to a point. Both know a great deal about ancient Equestria. The perfect pair of ponies." Blueberry answered as the group continued hacks through the underbrush to the castle of friendship.

(Back at the seeing pool room at the castle of royal pony sisters)

In the seeing pool room, Princess Celestia Silverlight continues to scope out the circumstances of the new Equestria, unaware of the stallion coming up behind her. Before she could react, the sound of the zipper being open on her strange bodysuit can be heard, and the sound of the latex suit being removed from her nude Alicorn figure is felt. Celestia Silverlight surrenders her perfect figure to the stallion that now has her.

"Nooo…pleases? Not their!" Celestia said in a sultry but excepting voice as the stallion kissed his way down Celestia's slender and elegant equine neck all the way down to her exposed white with a hint of pink perfect full breasts.

"Please, my dearest? Stop it? Will you dress me?" Celestia said, compassionate as she was enjoying her husband's warm lips upon her smooth Alicorn pelt that she had not felt for so long.

The stallion continued kissing his Alicorn wife across her exposed white with a hint of pink smooth Alicorn pelt as his hand started to glow. Went he finished kissing her silky Alicorn pelt, he touched her skin, creating antique white undergarments and followed that up by creating a coral gold-coloured short-sleeve floral lace midi length fit and flare dress. Celestia couldn't help but laugh went Justice intentionally left her barefooted.

"(Place her finger on the end of his snout and gently push it back) Now behave yourself, Justice, you know what kind of shoes I like wearing," Celestia said, knowing and playful as a pair of gold multi colored wedge sandals appeared on her large Alicorn size feet.

“(Justice helps her to her feet) Thank you," Celestia said politely as she quickly wrapped her arms and wings around him.

"I have missed you, my dear husband. The longer I hibernated, the more those dreams haunted me. Each year my heart would break, unable to just hold you in my arms for a little while and feel those warm lips on mine." Celestia said, devoted as Justice took hold of Celestia's hand, and the two Alicorns flew back to the campsite with her in tow.

It took only a few moments for the two Alicorns to arrive at the campsite; Justice could feel Celestia's skin on the palm of her hand growing clammy as they walked toward the mess tent where two of their foals were waiting. Upon Justice entering the tent, the scene was calm from his foals, but the moment the Alicorn mare stepped into the mess tent.

“Mother!” Aurora and Somnus exclaimed simultaneously as tears streaked the cheeks of Celestia and her two older foals.

"Your mother! And she an Alicorn!" Izzy and Pipp exclaimed, dumbfounded to see this Alcorn mare hugging her foals.

"Miss Moonbow and Miss Petals, I really don't know how much of Ancient Equestria history was told to you in school. At least did your books mention the Princess of the Sun or the sun goddess of Equestria?” Luna inquiry as Izzy and Pipp thought back to their school days.

"The Princess of the sun was the overall ruler of Ancient Equestria; she had a sister named Luna, the ruler of dreams and the night, the Princess of the moon." Pipp recited, remembering what Sunny told her as Izzy gape in stunned silence, putting two and two together as she taps Pipp on her shoulder over and over.

"What is it, Izzy?!" Pipp was aggravated by Izzy tapping her on the shoulder over and over.

"(Pointing at Luna with shock in her eyes) she is the Princess of the moon, ruler of dreams and the night! Luna Borealis! That Alicorn is Luna!" Izzy exclaims as the breath catches in pipp's throat before looking toward the other Alicorn.

"(Fumbles with her cell phone try her best to live stream but fails as she drops her phone) then that other Alicorn is the Princess of the Sun…Princess Celestia Silverlight! The most Ancient ruler of Equestria and a living goddess." Pipp exclaims, awestruck, as Luna uses her telekinesis to push away Pipp’s phone from her reach to keep her from live streaming the return of two ancient rulers of Equestria.

As Blueberry, Hitch, and Zip hack through the last of the underbrush, the group emerges onto the Castle of Friendship Hitch and Zip's eyes become saucers upon laying their eyes on the ruins of the Castle of Friendship.

Soon stress lines form on Hitch’s brow as a large area around the castle of friendship has been cleared of foliage very recently, leaving an area of soft soil around the whole outside of the castle. A puzzled look appears on Hitch's face when he kneeled down and discovers a fresh ten and one-third inch long bare footprint in the soil. As he continues scanning the area, he sees several more identical naked prints spread across the cleared area of the castle.

“What is up, Hitch?” Zip asked as she noticed that Hitch was intently studying something in the dirt in front of him.

“Blueberry says that Castle of Friendship was abandoned, correct?” Hitch asked Zip as he traced the outside edge of the bare footprint in the soil with his finger.

“Yeah, she says it been abandoned since three crystals shattered; why?" Zip asked nervously as Hitch rubbed the lower half of his snout with his other hand.

"Because I just discovered a fresh bare footprint in the dirt. To me, it looks like a young adult mare barefoot. In excellent shape and maybe five foot four inches in height. Not your average young adult mare height. Plus, this bare footprint is too smooth for your average everyday citizen of Equestria." Hitch explains as he follows the tracks with his eyes up to the castle entrance that is cracked open a bit.

"Hey! Hitch and Zip, what going on?" Blueberry asked as she joined the earth pony and Pegasus at the edge of forests.

"That it!" Hitch exclaims as Blueberry's booted foot comes into Hitch's sight.

“These bare footprints are just like yours, Miss Silverlight! Very smooth from outstanding care of them. So the mare that made these bare footprints might be of royal birth." Hitch explains as he remembered how smooth Blueberry feet were, went she removed her boots and socks at the fountain to rub her sore feet.

"Flurry Heart! Come out; they know you are in the castle!" Blueberry calls

“Yes, Cousin!” A mare voice replies

From the upmost balcony of the castle alight magenta young adult Alicorn mare appears, soon her medium-sized light magenta-colored feathery bird wings unfolded off her back, and she shoots into the air. Before gliding down to the three ponies waiting on the ground. As she lands, her light magenta-colored bare feet with chipped and faded jewel-tone deep azure blue toenail polish fit like a glove in the bare footprints in the dirt. Blueberry walks up to the Alicorn mare and hugs her, at which time she returns the hug.

“Greeting friends…I am Princess Flurry Heart Sparkle…The last ruler of the Crystal Empire in the north. Who might you be?" Flurry Heart asked very politely and regal as she did a formal royal curtsy toward Hitch and Zip, who are dumbfounded with finding another royal Alicorn.

"Wait a minute, you are another royal Alicorn! Are you related to a Princess Cadence Sparkle?" Hitch asked, very surprised as Flurry Heart chuckles into the back of her hand.

“Princess Cadence Sparkle is my mother.” Flurry Heart answered as she glanced over to her cousin Blueberry, telling her that this earth pony stallion is a bit slow on the uptake as Zip softly chuckles into the back of her hand with her light opal green eyes.

"Your mother!" Hitch exclaims, finally getting it as Flurry Heart palms her face wondering if this new generation of stallion has lost something up there.

"But anyway, cousin Blueberry, your father contacted me earlier. The Princess is awake and is at the campsite." Flurry Heart relays as Blueberry's face flushed with happiness with the great news.

“My mother is awake!” Blueberry exclaims as Flurry Heart raises her hand to stop Blueberry.

"Cousin Blueberry, let hold off on the celebration. We don't want to blow this stallion's mind with your mother. It looks like this stallion will take a little longer to process what we are going to tell him." Flurry Heart said, razzing as Blueberry and Zip agreed with Flurry Heart.

"But anyway, your father told me what you are looking for here at the castle of friendship. The truth of the matter, cousin Blueberry is that the crystal that the castle tree is made out of will not work as a Heart crystal." Flurry Heart said, knowing as all three ponies’ features fall with the news.

"But cousin Blueberry (reach into one of her pockets and bring out a pink crystal heart) I created a Heart Crystal before I was forced to leave the Crystal Empire. This should help Luna get my aunt's spirit out of the earth pony mare. I will return with you and these other ponies to the campsite. To reunite with my mother, and you can reunite with your mother." Flurry Heart explains as Blueberry shakes her head.

To save time, Blueberry ordered Flurry heart and Zip to fly back to the campsite with the Heart crystal and give it to Luna to begin the process of extracting the spirit of Queen Twilight Sparkle from Sunny Starscout before it too late. It will take a few hours for her and Hitch to make it back to the campsite on foot. At the camp, Flurry heart reunites with her mother and informs her mother that she has no idea if any of their Crystal Ponies survived the fall of the Crystal Empire.

"Went I woke up from my hibernation Flurry Heart, I couldn't hear the beating of the Crystal Heart. I fear my lovely foal that none of our Crystal Ponies survived went magic was lost in Equestria." Cadence said, her voice a lifeless monotone as her face was a study of desolation.

"Without land to rule? What are we to do, mother?" Flurry Heart asked with a hitch in her voice.

"We are not the only ones that lost land to rule. My aunts and our cousins lost their land to rule. But they have a plan; this is not our Equestria anymore, my lovely foal. This Equestria belongs to the new Generation of Ponies. It's time for us to fade into history and watch this generation forge ahead into an unforeseen future." Cadence said, revering reaching on top of her head and removing her crown.

“These six ponies are our new family, my dear foal," Cadence said, accepting as Luna watched her niece and Flurry heart remove their crowns on top of their heads.

'Welcome home, Cadence and Flurry Heart; a new adventure awaits us.' Luna thought as she continued preparing with Somnus to extract Queen Twilight Sparkle's spirit from Sunny Starscout.

Chapter 8

'Where am I?' A mare voice inquiry as pair of moderate violet eyes open up and look upon the ancient earth pony settlement at the base of Canterlot’s mountains.

"What happened to my color?!" the mare voice exclaims went She looks at her arms and discovers that her arms are a light mulberry colored with a slight hint of gray and not brilliant tangelo.

"Huh?!" The mare exclaimed went; she felt something squishy on her chest; as she looked down, her hands had hold of her mid-sized breasts.

“What is going on?! I am not that big on my chest!" The mare shrieked upon finding her chest much more prominent than she remembers and once again light mulberry with a slight hint of gray.

“Miss Starscout! I wish you would stop squeezing my bust!" A second mare voice said behind her, annoyed as Sunny turned around.

Standing behind her was beautiful light mulberry colored with a hint of gray older Alicorn mare with dark sapphire blue, medium purple and brilliant rose streak with slight gray mane and tail. Her slender and athletic 6ft 5in equine figure was attired in indigo blue midi length long-sleeve fit and flare dress whose hemline hit slightly past her knees.

On her magnificent slender light mulberry colored bare feet with gentle yellow-colored toenail polish were gold stiletto heel pumps. Behind her horn was a gold crown, and folded on her back were her light mulberry-colored large-sized feather birds’ wings. This soft mulberry colored with a hint of gray older Alicorn mare was Queen Twilight Sparkle, the last ruler of Equestria.

"What do you mean, your bust?" Sunny inquiry was puzzled as Twilight slapped Sunny's hands off her chest.

"I told you to stop squeezing my bust! It not right to squeeze my breasts!" The older Twilight said sharply as she slaps away Sunny’s hands from her breasts again.

"So this where she went to Ponyville. It had been so long since I returned to this town (tears run down her cheeks)." Older Twilight said as she once again slaps away Sunny's hand from squeezing her breasts again.

"If you want me to stop squeezing my breasts, and then tell me who you are, or I squeeze these squishy nipples again," Sunny said, warning as she brought her hand up to squeeze the breasts again.

"(Twilight's eyes become saucers watching Sunny's hand get closer and closer to her breasts); this generation has no manners! Fine, I am Queen Twilight Sparkle, the last ruler of Equestria. The reason I say to stop touching my breasts is that you are in my body, Miss Starscout." Twilight said, miffed as she created a full-standing mirror in front of Sunny before she could ask the question.

Sunny’s moderate aquamarine eyes blinked with incredulity went she looked into the mirror, and looking back at her was Queen Twilight Sparkle wearing the exact same dress and shoes. Like the other Queen Twilight Sparkle with her arms crossed in front of her.

“What is going on, you’re Majesty? How can there be two Queen Sparkle in the same place?” Sunny exclaims as she is thoroughly puzzled by the situation.

"Well, Miss Starscout, you are in the dream dimension-This the realm of dreams and nightmares for all ponies of Equestria. This is a special place that I don't have access to, even those I am an Alicorn. Only two ponies can easily come and go from this realm- Princess Luna Borealis and Prince Somnus Silverlight. I believe you met Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight in Bridlewood forest at the crystal tea room." Twilight explains as Sunny thinks for a while.

“I met a Miss Blueberry Swirl Silverlight in Bridlewood forest at the Crystal tea room.” Sunny answers as she taps her finger against the lower half of Twilight's snout, a bit puzzled.

"Well, Miss Blueberry Swirl Silverlight is Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight, the younger daughter of my mentor Princess Celestia Silverlight the Princess of the sun and the ruler of ancient Equestria. A living sun goddess." Twilight explains that as the breath catches in Sunny's throat, she says a living sun goddess.

"What about her father?" Sunny asked as Twilights' moderate violet eyes are haunted by some deep inner pain when asked about Blueberry's father.

'Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight, even after all these centuries and what I did, he remained watching over the Princesses of Equestria. Granted, his wife is one of those Princesses of Equestria but still went Equestria fell, he could return to his people. But he stayed to watch the fall of Equestria and protect the Princesses of Equestria.' Twilight thought as she dissolved into tears.

(Several months before Queen Twilight Sparkle three crystals shattered)

“You might have lost every pony that special to you,…your Majesty! But that means nothing to the Imperial Alicorns or me! You don't know what pain is, and if anyone should be depressed! It should be me! Have you heard the screams of half a million living beings at once dying! I have watched whole planets die! Whole star systems vanish instantly! So those ponies that died is only a drop in the cosmic time of this universe!” Justice said indignantly as the blood drained from Twilight's face.

"But through all that, I follow the will of my great grandmother, the Empress! And the prime directive she set for my people, the Imperial Alicorns, will not interfere with any planet's time progression, be it good or bad. But don’t think that my people forget what was lost; we collect artifacts and the whole history of that planet. Those items are stored for eternity in great library citadel station under watchful eyes of the timekeeper.” Justice explains as a spasm of irritation crosses twilight face.

"Then why do your return to your people, your imperial highness! If this planet means nothing to you or your people and stops trying to change my mind, those ponies are the only thing I care about! All my other subjects can go to Tartarus for all I care! They have no idea how I feel!” Queen Twilight said self-righteously as tears streak her cheeks.

"I could have returned to my people at any time. But I didn't…like my wife. I love all these ponies for short-living species; they have survived many trials. So unlike you, I will not forget their struggles. Went their time come, their artifacts and histories will be jealously guarded for eternity." Justice said irately, opening his metal wings the entire length.

“Before I return to my duty of protecting the sleeping Princesses of Equestria! Remember this, Your Majesty, that duty means all the Princesses of Equestria! Even if one Princess doesn't deserve it!" Justice said venomously, flying back to the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters.

(Back to present time in the dream dimension)

'Even after Justice told me he has watched half of million souls die at once. I refused to change my mind about my own death. My friends were more important than the rest of my subjects of Equestria.' Queen Twilight thought as her face was dark with pain as Sunny felt the change in her mood.

"Excuse me, Your Majesty, but why am I here?" Sunny asked as it snapped Queen Twilight out of her train of thought.

"Oh, sorry, Miss Starscout…." Queen Twilight said as Sunny stopped Twilight from completing what she was saying.

“Before you finish, you’re Majesty. How do you know my name?” Sunny asked as Twilight's face flushed with happiness.

"Does the name Argyle Star shine mean anything to you, Miss Starscout?" Twilight asked, knowing with a subtle smile on her snout as Sunny reeled with astonishment.

"That my father's name…." Sunny answered, still a bit puzzled.

"Apparently, sometime during your family history, you had a unicorn as part of your family tree. That unicorn was related to my student Luster Dawn Star shine. The unicorn that refused the mantle of Leadership of Equestria caused my three crystals to shatter." Twilight explains as the veins in Sunny's neck stand out in livid ridges.

“So all this suffering was caused by you! You allowed every pony to hate each other! My family was treated like outcasts because we believed that all ponies breed could be friends! And it was not during some time in my family history! My mother was a unicorn! She was taken away went I was younger because of the fear of unicorns!" Sunny speak with bitter resentment as the look of mute appeal form on Twilight's face.

“Miss Starscout…!" Twilight calls as a feeling of a trapdoor opens up in the floor of Sunny’s stomach with disgust of the pony she admired as protector of friendship.

“So Justice was right, I hurt everything that I protected as Guardian of Harmony. Just because I didn't want to be left all alone." Twilight said, her voice a lifeless monotone as she sunk to her knees, heartbroken.

“So my little Somnus, It looks like we don’t have as much work to do as we thought.” A mare voice comment as Princess Luna Borealis appears attired in purple rose-coloured below knee length long-sleeve fit and flare dress and her feet bare.

"Indeed, Auntie, so it looks like we can spend more time together in the real world as planned." As Prince Somnus Silverlight appears attired in a purple rose-coloured robe with boots on his dark blue bare feet, a stallion voice replies.

"Now, Somnus, you might have just jinxed us by saying as planned. You know from experience our plans rarely are to plan. But still, we make do." Luna comments as she kisses her nephew on his cheek.

"Your highnesses!" Twilight exclaimed as the two ponies of the night walked up to her.

“Greeting young Twilight? Or should I say old Twilight?" Luna said, a bit puzzled looking at the adult Twilight.

"Greeting, your Majesty," Somnus said politely.

"So you are awake as well, your highness," Twilight commented as she looked over Princess Luna.

“You should know Twilight; I am bound heart and soul to my dear little Somnus here. If he ever needs me, I will come to his aid." Luna explains as Somnus fills in Twilight with what is going on in the real world.

"So the whole royal family is wake and reunited with each other in this new timeline," Twilight repeated as she noticed Somnus looking toward the recreation of Ponyville in the dream dimension.

"Before me dying, your father Justice visited me in Canterlot at the Grand Royal Palace. He was trying one last time to convince me to not go with my plan to take my own life. But I ignored him and went ahead with my plan to die. I consume a concoction that would stop my heart, but what I didn't understand about being an Alicorn is any attempt to kill myself would result in my soul being separated from my real body and sent my body into hibernation." Queen Twilight explains as the two ponies of the night look at each other and chuckles as Twilight's teeth gritted.

"Alicorn and hybrid Alicorn know that rule," Luna said as Somnus looked at her with a slow, appraising glance.

"Auntie…" Somnus said in a scolding manner as he attempted to step on the five elegant toes of her foot that were painted with deep pink toenail polish, and she pulled them away.

"(kissing him on his cheek) Just be happy, my little Somnus. I love you so much that you trying to step on my bare toes would not change anything. But the truth, Twilight, Celestia, and I didn't know that rule till we met Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight, and he told us that." Luna said as Twilight sighed softly.

"But anyway, in my soul being separated from my real body, my younger self Princess Twilight Sparkle split off from me and ran off. Every since I have been trying to track her down and reform with her." Twilight explains as both Luna and Twilight notice the sheepish grin on Somnus's snout.

"Remember my dear little Somnus…We don't keep secrets from each other? The first lesson in night magic I taught you is that any darkness you hide opens you up to the darkness taking control of you. Any outcome I couldn't stomach to happen to you. So please tell me?" Luna said in a tender, but firm voice as Somnus kissed her on her cheek.

"Yes, Auntie…father told my siblings and me that he retrieved the real body of Queen Twilight Sparkle from the Canterlot catacombs before Canterlot fell went magic was lost. He put the body into a sixth crystal Sarcophagus in the same room as Princess Cadence's sarcophagus. Plus, with the permission of the Element holder family and Element holder themselves. He sent the bodies to his people’s medical facility in space for regeneration." Somnus explains as Twilight's face glazed with shock before sinking to her knees in tears.

“So even after all this, Justice. Still saved me even those I didn’t deserve it.” Twilight said, her voice cracking as dull, empty ache gnawing at Twilight's soul.

"My question to you, Twilight? What are you; going to do with this gift that Justice gave you? Will you continue on this course? Or Live on to see what your decision did?" Luna asked

Chapter 9

“So even after all this, Justice. Still saved me even those I didn’t deserve it.” Twilight said, her voice cracking as dull, empty ache gnawing at Twilight's soul.

"My question to you, Twilight? What are you; going to do with this gift that Justice gave you? Will you continue on this course? Or Live on to see what your decision did?" Luna asked as a deepening hue of shame appeared on Queen Twilight Sparkle's face.

"That I can't answer yet, your highness…Not until I make peace with my younger self and merge with her again." Queen Twilight Sparkle's voice quavering as a tear ran down her cheek.

'So that what you meant by protecting all the Princesses of Equestria. Even those you were totally right, I didn't deserve it. I let my own pain fill me with hate and anger toward all my subjects. But you saw I was just so alone in this world, and you try your best to alleviate my loneliness by coming to the palace to see me.' Queen Twilight Sparkle thought, leading the group into Ponyville.

"Oh, do you two know that Miss Starscout's mother was a unicorn!" Twilight mentions as Luna and Somnus faces glazes with shock.

"That answers many questions," Somnus comments as the group continues into Ponyville.

Meanwhile, walking down the dirt roads of Ponyville, passing the numerous timber-framed homes with the distinct thatched roof and the overhanging upper floor was Sunny Starscout in her earth pony form. A conscious battle rages inside her about Queen Twilight Sparkle and her idol worship about her being a guardian of Friendship, after finding out that she the cause of all the tribes hating each other, which cause her mother to be taken away.

'I believed in the guardians of Friendship and everything they stood for. Now learning that the leader of the guardians of Friendship is the one that caused each tribe to hate each other has broken my faith. My mother was taking away from me because of the fear and hate of unicorns in Maretime bay.’ Sunny thought as her moderate aquamarine eyes were haunted by inner pain, thinking back to the time before the three crystals reformed.

(Many years after the Crystal shattered)

Kneeling beside a flower box on the ground in the side yard of the Maretime bay lighthouse was stunning cerise pink-coloured unicorn mare with a gradient of dark blue to cornflower blue with streaks of dark navy blue mane and tail. Her statuesque 5ft 7in equine figure was attired in an American navy blue V-neck short-sleeve T-shirt and navy blue pull-on pants.

On her cerise pink nine and one-half inch, long bare feet with dusty blue nail polish were blush-colored flip-flops. And on her head hiding her horn was a gray packable floppy hat. This unicorn mare is Sapphire Brilliant Star Shine Sunny Starscout mother.

“Mommy…” A young Sunny Star Scout said as she had to look up at her tall mother even went she’s kneeling.

"Hello, my little sunny bunny…What happened in school? You are not your normal cheerful self, Sunny?" Sapphire asked, sitting her daughter on the edge of the flower box as she sat on the ground.

“The teacher, say all unicorns are evil and want to hurt us," Sunny said, her tiny voice edged with tension as her mother Sapphire has a stricken look on her face.

"Oh, it's all right, Sunny, don't worry about it. You know the truth about unicorns…because you have one that loves her little sunny bunny very much." Sapphire regarded her little filly with genuine fondness as she kissed her on her cheek.

"I am finished out here, Sunny… let's go start dinner; it's only a mare and her filly tonight. Your father is off on one of his educational trips. It makes me wonder if I was not here to care for my little filly. How many days of school would you miss with your father going on these educational trips?" Sapphire asked, holding the hand of her filly as her mother's feet pip-pops across the grass as she left her flip-flops next to the flower box.

(One month after the crystals shattered)

"Argyle! As much as I don't want to leave my little filly, I have no choice, but Phyllis Cloverleaf is pushing the city council of Maretime bay to install those anti-unicorn traps around the city. Plus, my friend Faith Trailblazer a Pegasus and Hitch Trailblazer's mother, has already left Maretime bay for the safety of Zephyr Heights." Sapphire said, her voice wooden and distant as a feeling of a cold fist closing over her's heart.

"Where will you go, Sapphire?" Argyle asked as Sapphire's heart soars, knowing that her little filly will be taken care of by her father.

"I am going home to Bridlewood; maybe I will return to Maretime bay to see my little filly again one day. But until then, goodbye, my dear Argyle and goodbye, my dear little filly." Sapphire said with a hitch in her voice as tears stream down her cheeks.

(Present time in the dream dimension)

'That lantern message I sent to bring Pegasus and Unicorns to Maretime bay was also meant to tell my mother that her daughter misses her if she is still alive in Bridlewood. And wish for her to come home to see me.' Sunny thought as she continued down the dirt road until she spotted a mare sitting on a bench, her face scarlet and swollen from crying.

Sitting on the bench was a beautiful light purple-colored Alicorn mare with dark sapphire blue, medium purple and brilliant rose streak mane and tail. Her slender and athletic 5ft 5in equine figure was attired in a navy blue short-sleeve floral print shirt dress with a hemline that hits at knee length.

On her magnificent slender light purple colored bare feet with periwinkle blue colored toenail polish were cognacs brown two-inch platform huarache sandals. A skinny leather cognac brown ankle strap held her shoes to her ten and one-third inch long feet, and folded on her back were her light purple colored moderate-sized feather birds’ wings. This pale purple-colored Alicorn mare was Princess Twilight Sparkle, the ruler of Friendship kingdom and leader of the guardians of Friendship from ancient Equestria.

"Hey!" Sunny called as Twilight looked up; her moderate violet-colored eyes were alarmed upon seeing the earth pony mare approaching her.

Twilight leaps to her feet a moment later, spreads her light purple colored moderate-sized feather birds' wings, and flies off, leaving the earth pony behind. Without a second thought, a pair of transparent golden wings form on Sunny's back, and she heads off in pursuit of the fleeing Alicorn. Being unfamiliar with flying Twilight, easily keeps the winged earth pony mare at a safe distance. Sunny, frustrated with the Alicorn keeping her at a safe distance, a lasso form on her waist.

"Just what I needed!" Sunny said, taking the lasso off her side and whirling it in the air.

She throws the lasso out, and the loop closes around the Alicorn slender ankle; she makes the wings disappear and drop to the ground as the Alicorn drags her along the ground till the Alicorn figures out that she is slowing down.

“Let me go!” Twilight voice explodes out of her as she tries to free her ankle from the loop.

“Not going to happen, Alicorn!” Sunny said, determined as Alicorn continued to fight to free herself.

“Huh!” Sunny exclaimed as she felt a new wave of strength fill her earth pony body and begin reeling in the fleeing Alicorn down to the ground.

"Got you!" Sunny exclaimed as she used the rope to tie up the Alicorn so she couldn't get away again. The tied-up Alicorn mare feels a cold fist closing over her's heart as tears fall out of her fearful eyes.

"Huh?" Sunny called as she looked over the Alicorn mare and noticed she was no older than her.

“You are no older than me, Alicorn!” Sunny comments as she reels with astonishment.

"Who are you?" Sunny inquired as Twilight slowly lifted her head to look at Sunny.

“My name is Princess Twilight Sparkle…ruler of the Friendship Kingdom and guardians of Friendship from ancient Equestria. I am so sorry, Miss Sunny Starscout. I never wanted your mother to be taken away from you. I was in such pain went all my friends and family died, leaving me alone. All I wanted was to die and join them. But that selfish act caused my three crystals to shatter, causing your mother to be taken away." As Sunny brought back her hand and slapped Twilight, the twilight voice became high and hysterical with grief.

"You think to apologize to me! Is going to make this all better! My mother didn’t deserve to have to leave her filly like that! Because you couldn’t be alone and turn your back on your subjects! What kind of ruler is that?! A very despicable one in my book!” Sunny said frigidly as she continued striking her with her hand as a slender dark blue hand with glossy deep pink nail polish grabbed hold of her wrist to stop her from slapping her again.

"That will be quite enough, Miss Starscout." A calm but firm mare voice said as a slight electrical jolt is sent down Sunny’s arm, causing her to leap back from slapping Princess Twilight.

Sunny's moderate aquamarine-coloured eyes widen in alarm. She lays her eyes upon the tall heavenly looking dark blue Alicorn mare with glossy black mane and tail attired in purple rose-colored below knee length long-sleeve fit and flare dress with her feet bare painted with shiny deep pink toenail polish.

Suddenly Sunny feels a chill running up her spine as her brilliant tangelo with light brownish gray fetlocks arms blossoms with goosebumps; she can sense this mare is a whole different level than any unicorn encountered since reforming the three crystals. Her muscles are frozen in fear as she watches the Alicorn mare gesture the dark blue Alicorn stallion with her to free Princess Twilight from the lasso.

The Alicorn stallion touches the lasso without a flinch, and it disappears. He helped Princess Twilight to her feet and led her over to the tall Alicorn mare, who talks to her briefly as Princess Twilight bows to the taller Alicorn mare. In the next instance, the recreation of Ponyville disappears, and the group finds themselves in a large stone throne room with many stained glass windows depicting constellations in the night sky.

At the front of the room was a two-level flat platform with a black metal throne on the top platform. The taller Alicorn mare walks toward the black metal throne, her dark blue wonderfully shaped bare feet with glossy deep pink toenail polish pip-popped across the thirteen-inch gray leaf porcelain mosaic tile floor of this room. The taller Alicorn mare is followed closely by the Alicorn stallion dressed as a knight wearing a black metal breastplate with a half-moon symbol on it and a dark metal long sword dangle from his side.

The taller Alicorn mare gently places her slender hand in the metal gauntlet of Alicorn stallion's hand, and he escorts her up the two stairs to the black metal throne. She gracefully sits down on the throne, crossed her legs, one knee tossed casually over the other, leaving one of her dark blue wonderfully shaped bare feet vulnerable she suddenly yelps with surprise.

"I know you been waiting to do that, my faithful moon knight." The taller Alicorn mare said with a smile on her snout, looking at the Alicorn stallion standing next to her throne as she stretched her slender equine neck out, kissing him on his snout.

"Indeed, your highness, I apologize for the transgression." The Alicorn stallion said apologetically as taller Alicorn mare shakes her head no, and a smile forms once again on her snout. At the same time, Sunny noticed at the foot of the platform the older Queen Twilight Sparkle and younger Princess Twilight Sparkle have quite a bit of tension between them for some reason.

"Who are you, your highness?" Sunny inquires bluntly as she weights the Alicorn mare reaction with a critical squint, causing the Alicorn stallion to draw his blade from his sheath; the Alicorn mare reaches out and rests her slender hand on the pommel of the sword.

“No, my faithful moon knight. I will allow it. She has the right to be suspicious of all Alicorns because of the actions of Queen Twilight Sparkle and Princess Twilight Sparkle. Additionally, because of your high-level skill with a blade, she will not survive your initial strike." The Alicorn mare said with a slight hint of a warning as beads of perspiration form on Sunny's forehead, looking down the barrel of cock gun pointed right at her.

"Yes, My princess." The Alicorn stallion said, taking the hand off the pommel and bringing it to his lips and kissing the back of the Alicorn mare hand.

“I am Princess Luna Borealis…Ruler of the night and dreams…And the goddess of the moon. (Gestures her hand toward the Alicorn stallion standing next to her throne) This Alicorn stallion is my faithful appointed Moon Knight and nephew Prince Somnus Silverlight." Luna introduces Sunny's eyebrows shoot up in surprise, and she gropes at her side search for the non-existent pouch that contains her father’s journal.

"Let's see what this journal says about me? (Sunny's father's journal appears between Luna's painted fingernails). It said that I am a mythical figure from ancient Equestria with the power to enter the pony's dream. Would you agree with that, my dear nephew?" Luna asked as she continued flipping through the journal.

“You being a mythical figure I would not know…You will always be my auntie." Somnus answered as it caused Luna to chuckle and kiss him again on his snout.

"Oh, I found entry mentioning you…it says that the Princess of the night had many moon knights under her command," Luna said, showing the entry to Somnus, who chuckles under his breath.

"It seems that your misinformation campaign works very well, auntie…your enemies never figure out that you have only one moon knight," Somnus commented as she kissed him on his snout again.

"Huh? Wait a minute, your highness, you say Prince Somnus Silverlight? Your nephew?" Sunny exclaimed, shocked with the Alicorn stallion being calling her nephew.

“Sir Silverlight? Are you related to Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight and Justice Silverlight?” Sunny inquiry looking toward the Alicorn stallion.

"Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight is my younger sister, and Justice Silverlight is my father.” Prince Somnus answered.

"Your father! Does that mean you are part of the main royal family of ancient Equestria! (Somnus shake his head) So that means your mother is the sun goddess Princess Celestia Silverlight and that Alicorn sitting on the throne is her real sister." Sunny said, shocked as her knees gave out under her and sank to the ground.

"Oh, my stars! The members of the main royal family of ancient Equestria rule for six thousand years before Princess Twilight Sparkle took over the rule of ancient Equestria. My father would just die to have met the main royal family of ancient Equestria." Sunny exclaimed as she passed out from the overwhelming situation.

Chapter 10

The rhythmic pip-plops of Princess Luna’s dark blue wonderfully shaped bare feet with glossy deep pink toenail polish echo in her dream palace's large stone throne room as she walks across the thirteen-inch gray leaf porcelain mosaic tile floor of this room. She impatiently waits for Miss Sunny Starscout to come to after she passes out after discovering the members of the prominent royal family of ancient Equestria.

At that same time, in the center of a separate sixteen by twenty square inch stone room with six stained glass windows depicting constellations in the night sky set in the wall. Was the older Queen Twilight Sparkle and the younger Princess Twilight Sparkle. Both were sitting in oversized wooden chairs facing each other with their magic blocked and their wings locked on their back with a magic lock spell put on them by Luna’s moon Knight Somnus Silverlight.

Both light mulberry-colored Alicorn mares are none too happy with their current situation as Somnus has taken their shoes from them, leaving them barefooted as both mares wear their shoes bare. To add even more anxiety to this situation, Somnus has covered the whole floor of this room all away to the only door that exits the room with many caltrops.

This little black metal tetrahedron-shaped device always had a point pointing up in the air. The two Alicorn mares have already experienced the consequences and know why Somnus took their shoes from them, leaving them barefooted. Due to their bare feet being so sensitive on the underside, the point sticking up hurts like the dickens went their steps on it, forcing them back to the only area free of these painful devices, the center of the room.

Watching from a balcony overlooking the room was Somnus; he was ordered by his aunt Princess Luna to do whatever it took to get those two Alicorn mares talking. Sitting on a small wooden table on the balcony with Somnus were Queen Twilight Sparkle high heel pumps and Princess Twilight Sparkle sandals that he seized from the magnificent long light purple bare feet of these two Alicorn mares. Soon the rhythmic pip-plops of Princess Luna’s dark blue wonderfully shaped bare feet with glossy deep pink toenail polish grab Somnus' attention as she walks out onto the balcony with him.

"So, how are you getting those two Alicorn mares to talk?" Luna asked as Somnus gestured his Auntie Luna to sit down on a chair on the balcony, which she happily did.

Once she sits down on the chair, Somnus reach for her dark blue, wonderfully shaped barefoot with glossy deep pink toenail polish and lifts it till it becomes straight; this act confuses his Aunt Luna wondering why her nephew wants the sole of her foot revealed. It confused his Aunt Luna even more, when he gently caressed her foot with his cold metal-clad hand. As Luna was about to form a question to ask her nephew; she felt a sharp poke in the center of the arch of her foot.

“Ouch!" Luna exclaimed as she pulled away her foot and rubbed the center of her arch with her fingers to alleviate the pain in the arch.

"What the…?" Luna stopped in mid-sentence went. Somnus reveals the little black metal tetrahedron-shaped device in his gauntlet-clad hand.

"A caltrop! Your devilry knows no bounds, my beloved nephew! I have taught you well." Luna said proudly as she kissed Somnus on his cheek, looking toward the table with shoes.

"So those high heels and sandals you have belonged to those barefooted Alicorn mares," Luna commented, looking over the balcony and seeing the room floor covered with caltrops.

“Have they tried to leave?” Luna asked

"Many times, Auntie! This only resulted in their tender, creamy soft, light purple soles being stabbed multiple times went they tried to get to the only door out of the room. Force them back to the center of the room where it clears." Somnus explains as Luna kisses him on his cheek again as she makes her way off the balcony and looks over her shoulder toward Somnus, who forces a smile.

"Please don't worry, my dear little Somnus; I’ll keep both my promises in the real world to you. Especially the one you couldn't do why I was hibernating." Luna said, reassured as the pip-plopping of her bare feet got lower and lower as she walked down the hallway back to the throne room of her dream palace.

(Back in the room with the two barefooted Alicorn mares)

"Your highness, you know as well as me, his highness will not let us go free unless we can come to an agreement. Plus, I am not going to walk over those caltrops again with my highly sensitive Alicorn mare bare feet." Queen Twilight Sparkle groans as she rubs her sore foot with her hand after her latest attempt to escape, resulting in painful foot torture for her susceptible Alicorn mare bare feet.

“Plus, your highness, even those you are the younger version. Your younger feet are just as susceptible as mine." Queen Twilight Sparkle said, knowing as Princess Twilight Sparkle began to chew on her lip.

“So now what, you’re Majesty? Continue torturing our highly sensitive Alicorn mare bare feet trying to escape or work things out between us?" Princess Twilight Sparkle asks as she begins rubbing her own sore feet.

"It took me killing myself…To finally realize that I was never alone went, my friends and family died…Imperial prince Justice Silverlight visited me often at the palace-like the friend he is." Queen Twilight Sparkle said, her voice cracking as tears ran down her light mulberry colored cheeks.

"I took my friends for granted…thinking that they will be there went I need them. So went they die I couldn't face that fact…So I closed my heart to everything I was supposed to protect as a Princess of Equestria." Princess Twilight Sparkle confesses as tears streak her light mulberry colored cheeks.

"So it seems that both of us are fools…Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight was right all this time. We could justify what we did for the good of Equestria…But the truth is we were so selfish.” Queen Twilight Sparkle said, ashamed, coming to terms with her decisions and the consequences that resulted from them.

A few moments later, Queen Twilight Sparkle hears the soft pip-plops of the younger mare naked feet on the concrete gray colored ceramic tiles on the floor of the room approaching her. As she picked up her head, standing in front of her was the smiling face of Princess Twilight Sparkle. Her moderate violet-colored eyes were brimming with joy.

“You want to merge with your older self! Your highness?” Queen Twilight Sparkle said, assertive and surprised as Princess Twilight Sparkle nodded her head.

"My time has long since passed, your Majesty. As good as I look with gray mane hair. Went I merge with you, you should get some of your youthful looks back. Besides, they still that matter of punishment from Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight. You being more susceptible, should satisfy Justice more than me. Good luck." Princess Twilight Sparkle said ominously as the sensation of a spider crawling up Queen Twilight Sparkle's back is felt, and the two Alicorn spirits merge into one being.

(Back in the real world)

"Auntie! The spirit of Queen Twilight Sparkle has entered the heart crystal!" A mare voice called excitedly as Sunny's moderate aquamarine eyes slowly opened.

"Can you hear me, Miss Starscout? Take it slowly; you been out for the last three hours." A gentle but motherly mare voice asked as Sunny's eyes could make out the shape of white with a hint of pink blur with a horn.

"Mommy…mommy," Sunny said hesitantly as large white with a hint of pink second blur joined the white with a pink blur with a horn, followed by tender giggling.

"I am sorry, Miss Starscout, but I am not your mother. My name is Princess Celestia Silverlight." The gentle but motherly mare voice said as Sunny vision cleared, and she found herself looking into the face of a breathtaking gorgeous white with a hint of pink older Alicorn mare with a golden blonde mane.

"The Princess of the Sun! The sun goddess! Celestia Silverlight!" Sunny exclaimed excitedly as she sat up to fast and got a terrible headache from being out for so long.

"Whoa! Miss Starscout, please lay back down! My foals told me to keep you calm and not allow you to get up. Till you are fully recovered from being out for so long." Celestia explains as she quickly lays Sunny back down on the cot with her Alicorn strength.

"But you are a mythical figure from ancient Equestria, a mare that controls the rise and lowering of the sun in Equestria." Sunny commented as Celestia blushed and nervously played with her shapely and delicately rounded not-too-long toes with emerald green toenail polish poking out from underneath the strap of her sandal on her crossed leg.

"My foals would disagree with that, Miss Starscout; I am a mother to them," Celestia commented as Sunny noticed that Celestia was forcing a smile, and she started chewing on her lips very nervously as if holding something back deep within her heart.

“If you would excuse me, Miss Starscout. Your friends have been waiting for you and want to visit you.” Celestia said as she stood up and left the tent to allow Sunny’s friends to visit her.

Sometime later, Celestia stands by the ruins of a sizeable cylindrical-shaped building with decorative pillars; the top half of the building collapsed in on itself many years ago. Since Sunny called her a mythical figure from ancient Equestria, doubt has crept into Celestia's heart.

Wonder if she is ready to remove her crown and fulfill her promise to her foals to retire from the rule. She has already seen that her adopted niece Cadence Sparkle, her daughter Flurry Heart sparkle and her sister Luna are willing to withdraw from the ruling. To add more doubt to Celestia's heart, her own foals are eager to remove their crowns and live like a typical pony family as the land of Equestria they knew has long disappeared into the mist of time.

"Mother…" Aurora said as she walked up to her mother, who was surprised that her elder daughter could sneak up on her without making a sound.

"Yes, Aurora, what is it?" Celestia asked as Aurora chuckled into her hand.

"Is something wrong mother?" Aurora inquired as she shook her head no before her mother could lie to her.

"I see our bond has reformed…So there is no need to try to lie to you, my lovely foal. I don't know if I am ready to remove my crown and fulfill my promise to my foals to retire from the ruling." Celestia's voice edged with tension as Aurora smiled at her mother.

"I know it is a huge change for us as the main royal family of ancient Equestria in this time of need. But this, not our Equestria anymore we are legendary Royal family from ancient Equestria who died out went magic was lost went the crystals shattered." Aurora explains that as she kneels beside her mother, Celestia feels her daughter unbuckling her sandals and removing them, leaving her barefooted.

"Now, Aurora, why did you remove your mother's sandals and leave her barefooted?" Celestia asked with a slight smile as Aurora floated her sandals in the air before making them disappear.

"Because my mother rarely wore her shoes when she cared for her foals. Especially after a very tough court session. She would remove her crown, and her collar hung on the bust of the unicorn head in the family room. With her crown, collar, and sandals removed, she transforms into mother." Aurora explains as Celestia wraps her wings and arms around her daughter, hugging her before kissing her on her cheek.

"All right, Aurora, you make your point…It will not be hard to change from Princess to mother as I thought…I did it all the time raising my lovely foals." Celestia comments tenderly as the two barefooted mares make their way back to the campsite.

Meanwhile, in a separate small square room at the Castle of the Royal pony sisters, a sixth newer rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus nestled between two giant crystals formations begins to glow with intense light. A moment later, a low hissing sound as the lid of the sixth rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus opens, releasing billows of puffy white clouds from inside the sarcophagus.

A slender light purple well-manicured five-fingered hand was reached through the clouds with clear blue nail polish. It is followed by a groaning sound from the figure inside the sarcophagus. Before the click of the heel on the stone floor is heard. As the clouds began to clear, standing in front of the sarcophagus was an older attractive light purple Alicorn mare with dark sapphire blue, medium purple and brilliant rose streak mane and tail.

Her slender and athletic 5ft 5in equine figure was attired in navy, an ivory-colored short-sleeve off-the-shoulder floral-print midi length fit, and flares dress that showed off her slender shoulders. On her magnificent pair of slender ten and one-third inch, long light purple bare feet with clear blue toenail polish were black mares Zest stiletto heel pumps. On her head behind her horn was a gold tiara, and folded on her back were her medium-sized light purple feathery bird wings. This older Alicorn mare was Queen Twilight Sparkle, the last ruler of Equestria.

Queen Twilight Sparkle’s heels click-clack lethargically toward the small table that has been set with fresh food as her stomach growls. She gracefully sits down at the table and begins eating her meal as her stomach knots, waiting for someone to arrive to administer her punishment for abandoning her subjects in Equestria.

Stress lines form on her brow as she takes a bite out of the apple she has in her hand. Queen Twilight Sparkle's skin grows clammy upon hearing the sound of boot heels on the stone floor approaching her. Walking up to the table she was sitting at was Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight; soon, Twilight's face flushed with happiness, but soon her eyes were transfixed with horror as he cracked his fingers.

"Welcome back, Your Majesty," Justice said friendly as Twilight stood up from the table and hugged him.

"Thank you, your imperial Highness; how long will the punishment be?” Queen Twilight Sparkle inquiries as her breath come raw in her’s throat.

“It will last for about one hour…But the pocket dimension I will administer the punishment on you will feel like one thousand years have gone by." Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight explains as Twilight's moderate violet eyes take on a hunted look.

"But don't worry Twilight…you know me, I will not physically harm a mare…At worst, you will be drenched with sweat and out of breath went the punishment is done.” Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight said reassuringly as the sensation of a trapdoor suddenly opened in Twilight's belly.

The two Alicorns walk toward a shimmering gateway in front of them and pass through it into the small pocket dimension. Emerging on the other side of the shimmering gateway, Twilight is standing in a small square stone room that looks like a dungeon to add more anxiety to Twilight's already fray nerves. Sitting in the center of the room was a large wooden table with a set of wooden stocks with holes big enough to fit around her ankles. Now Queen Twilight Sparkle knows why her younger self said she was more susceptible to the punishment.

Nauseating spurts of adrenaline course through Twilight’s veins as she accepted her wings being locked with a magic spell onto her back. And the disruptor ring being slipped over her horn blocking her magic. Twilight inched her way toward the wooden table with the stocks; she reached the table's edge.

Justice presents his hand to Queen Twilight Sparkle, and she's politely accepted it; he helps her sit down on top of the table. Her long shapely light purple Alicorn legs dangle off the table with her toes barely touching a few inches off the floor. She knows what will happen to her; she can help but feel a bit ashamed.

Even those she doesn't deserve the respect Justice is giving her because she abandoned her subjects; she motions him closer to her and kisses him on his cheek with deep respect. She swings her legs onto the table a moment later, resting her ankles in the lower half of the wooden stocks.

She spreads her arms out and lays down on the table, resting her wrists in two clamps as Justice closes the clamps around her wrists. Twilight's heart flutters in her's chest went she hears the soft bang of the top half of the wooden stocks closing and a metal door latch locking. At any other time, her equine face would be etched in desperation with her ankles locked in the wooden stocks, unable to protect her susceptible long light purple bare feet.

But this time, Queen Twilight Sparkle is unusually serene with the impending situation. She became even more tranquil, hearing the soft sucking sound of her leather stiletto heel pumps being drawn off her sweat covered, susceptible long light purple bare feet and the dull thuds of her pumps being dropped on the ground.

Queen Twilight Sparkle's eyes widened in alarm as she exploded with maniacal laughter as Justice wasted no time tickling her susceptible long light purple bare feet. The poor Alicorn mare was in hysterics in no time as the sensations shot up her legs and exploded in her mind. Twilight began to scream with laughter as his fingers tickled between her ticklish toes.

Went Justice moved to the balls of her feet. Twilight squealed and began to giggle again, pleading with him to stop. Went Justice targets her arches, Twilight starts to laugh and scream for him to stop as his fingers in her arches really tickle. Queen Twilight Sparkle cried in ticklish misery as her susceptible long light purple Alicorn mare bare feet were exploited for an hour as punishment for abandoning her subjects and her land went they needed her.

Chapter 11

As the one-hour time limit elapses as Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight promised to Queen Twilight Sparkle, she was drenched with her sweat and left gulping much needed oxygen into her oxygen-deprived lungs. After enduring the one-hour unending tickle torture upon her highly sensitive tender, creamy soft, light purple Alicorn mare bare soles as punishment for abandoning her subjects.

As Justice releases her ankles from the stocks, he asks her to sit on the table for a few seconds as Queen Twilight Sparkle has no reason to doubt his Imperial Highness concern for her. His tickle torture punishment usually has a secondary effect that is not apparent right away to the victim.

As Queen Twilight Sparkle turns her right foot and reveals the sole of her light purple Alicorn mare barefoot toward the camera, her creamy soft skin on the sole of her foot has lovely roses blush on it. The moment Queen Twilight Sparkle's feet touch the stone floor of the dungeon, she unleashes a high pitch squeal of sensitivity. Demonstrating just how sensitive her Alicorn mares' bare feet became from the one-hour tickle torture in that accelerated dimension.

A devious smile forms on Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight's snout as he makes the overstimulated Queen Twilight sparkle walk out of the pocket dimension in her bare feet as she squeals and grins went her naked feet make contact with the stone floor.

As the sensitivity of Queen Twilight Sparkle's light purple Alicorn mare bare feet begins to subside, she sits down at the now empty table; her moderate violet eyes are haunted by some deep inner pain. That Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight quickly picks up on as he creates a chair to sit on in front of Queen Twilight.

"So what will you do, your majesty?" Justice asked as the breath caught in Twilight's throat upon hearing the same question Luna posed to her in the dream dimension.

"I must think about it, your imperial highness," Twilight commented as she pitter-patter in her light purple Alicorn mare bare feet deeper into the castle of the royal pony sisters to think.

Several hours later, back at the Silverlight family excavation camp Chief Dig Supervisor and lead Archaeologist Celestia Silverlight. Attired in a khaki-colored camp shirt and khaki-color cargo shorts with two large pockets. Stand by the same ruins of a sizeable cylindrical-shaped building with decorative pillars with her husband, Chief Archaeologist Justice Silverlight and the leader of the Silverlight dig team waiting for Queen Twilight Sparkle to arrive.

Chief Dig Supervisor and lead Archaeologist Celestia Silverlight has already untied the laces of her hiking boots. She has insisted that her husband give her the same punishment that Queen Twilight Sparkle received to punish her for her part in the fall of Equestria.

Justice knows that his wife shouldn't be blamed for what Queen Twilight Sparkle did in the fall of Equestria. Because there was no way for her to know that Queen Twilight Sparkle would take the option of killing herself.

But to keep peace in the Silverlight family, Justice agrees to punish his wife in the same manner that Queen Twilight Sparkle received. But before she is giving the tickle torture punishment, they must wait for Queen Twilight Sparkle to arrive so he can find out what is her decision. He is also hoping that the long wait will alleviate his wife's guilty feelings as he doesn't want to punish her that way and use it to enjoy their long life together.

"Justice, please, punish me like you said…The longer we wait for Twilight. The less that being tickle torture sound like a good idea for my fairly large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious sensitive bare feet to endure.” Celestia said, her voice edging with tension as a smile formed on Justice's snout.

"Unfortunately, my love, we must wait to find out what Queen Twilight Sparkle's decision will be," Justice said as Celestia shifted and re-shifts her feet on the ground nervously.

The troubled pip-pops of Queen Twilight Sparkle's highly sensitive, tender, creamy soft, light purple Alicorn mare bare soles echoes in the static stone corridors of the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters. Her aimless wandering through the halls of the ruined castle has brought her to a section of the royal pony sisters' palace. That has not been seen for millennia as her bare footprints are left in plentiful dust-covered two-inch gray tumbled travertine hexagon mosaic floor of this room.

The room is a large twelve by twelve octagon shape room with a dome roof that revolves went a huge wheel that is turned to allow a large telescope to be positioned to observe the constellations in the night sky. As the dust she kicked up from the floor finally reached Queen Twilight Sparkle's nostrils, it caused her to sneeze, breaking her train of thought.

"Huh! An old castle observatory." Twilight comment as she walks gingerly across the floor to not kick up any more dust.

She makes her way over to a large strange looking machine inset in one of the observatory walls with a sizeable oval cut crystal serving as some kind of monitor. A freestanding blue crystal rectangular control board was sitting directly in front of the monitor.

As Twilight approached the control board set at a seventy-degree angle, several multi-colored emerald cut crystals inset on the control board served as buttons to operate the machine. As Twilight clears the dust off the control board, her pinky finger accidentally presses an emerald-cut white crystal button on the end of the control board that begins to blink.

On the opposite side of the observatory, a floor section slides away into a small room, revealing a large hole. From that hole rose one large purple crystal sarcophagus and two smaller sarcophagi with something inside the large one; why smaller ones were empty. A book-sized clear space can be seen with an empty purple crystal pedestal next to the large sarcophagus.

Meanwhile, in the separate small square room inside the observatory, the purple crystal rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus nestled between two giant crystals formations begins to glow with intense light.

A moment later, a low hissing sound as the lid of the purple crystal frosted crystal sarcophagus opens, releasing billows of puffy white clouds from inside the sarcophagus.

A slender, warm pink, well-manicured five-fingered hand reached through the puffy white clouds with navy blue nail polish. It is followed by a groaning sound from the figure inside the sarcophagus. Before the click of the heel on the stone floor is heard. As the clouds began to clear, standing in front of the sarcophagus was an impressive warm pink imperial Alicorn mare with Neptune blue mane and tail.

Her exquisite 6ft 4in equine figure was attired in cobalt blue short-sleeve midi length fit and flare dress. On her lengthy, perky and luxurious warm pink glorious looking narrow curvaceous bare feet with navy blue toenail polish were cognac brown mares Candice heeled sandals with three, and one-half inch blocked heels. Folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical metal feathered bird wings. This Imperial Alicorn mare was Timekeeper Administrator Lara Borealis, an Imperial Alicorn historian and artifact collector from the Great Library Citadel Station in Imperial Alicorn space.

It takes only a few minutes for Timekeeper Administrator Lara Borealis to regain her senses. All imperial Alicorns genders are accustomed to waking up in a regeneration tube for their sleep cycle. Lara’s heels clickety-clack casually over this room's two-inch gray tumbled travertine hexagon mosaic floor over to the first smaller regeneration tube big enough for a small foal to sleep.

She crouches down in front of the regeneration tube and pulls out a small control panel from the side of the tube. She presses a series of buttons on the control panel, opening the regeneration tube, and her pastel magenta-colored eyes recoil in horror finding the tube empty.

She quickly gets to her feet and inputs the same series of buttons on the control panel of the larger regeneration tube big enough for a larger filly to sleep. And once again, her pastel magenta-colored eyes are transfixed with horror, finding that the tube is empty. Soon her pastel magenta-colored eyes began seething; she noticed the empty purple crystal pedestal missing her magic history book with all the history she had collected since being assigned to gather this planet's history.

'It must have been that bearded male unicorn wearing those wizard's robes…I sense he was more ambitious than his magic ability could give him…If he took my magic history book. It would grant him the ability to foretell a possible future as the magic history book creates a most likely outcome. As a timekeeper, this would allow me to choose artifacts to gather and store for that outcome if it comes real. But their no way for that so-called unicorn wizard to read the magic history book to learn about the future. Unless he the one that pony napped my babies from me!' Lara thought as her equine face flushed with indignation, and she stormed out of the room into her observatory.

“Alicorn! Where is Star Swirl the bearded and my babies?" Lara said, hostile lifting Queen Twilight Sparkle off the ground with a bubble created by her infinity magic.

"An Imperial Alicorn mare?!" Queen Twilight Sparkle exclaimed as she blinked with surprise, and Lara had a dumbfounded look on her equine face wondering why this Alicorn mare was surprised to see a female Imperial Alicorn.

"If you know what I am, you are an ally to that treacherous Star Swirl, the Bearded and ponynapper of my babies!" Lara said hotly as the bubble began to shrink around Twilight's foot, and a snarl of agony spread over Twilight's face as she could feel every bone in her foot being crushed.

“NO! He is dead! I know nothing of your babies! I have only met an Imperial Alicorn stallion! His imperial highness, Imperial Prince Silverlight!” Queen Twilight Sparkle shrieks as the pressure stop just in time, allowing her natural Alicorn healing ability to knit the broken bones in her foot back together.

"His imperial highness!?" Lara exclaimed, shocked as she flew straight for her control board and began pressing a series of buttons on the control panel to call up data on the crystal monitor.

“I am not done with you, Alicorn," Lara said as Twilight thought she could slip out of the observatory while the Imperial Alicorn mare was busy on the control board. But once again find herself floating inside a bubble again.

"Infinity Palace, please respond….This Timekeeper Administrator Lara Borealis of the tenth circle of the Great Library Citadel Station." Lara said into a crystal-shaped Mic that rose out of the control board in front of her.

‘Huh? Did that Imperial Alicorn mare just say Borealis? That last name of Celestia and Luna. Could this mare be their mother? Then they are Imperial Alicorns?’ Twilight thought as Infinity Palace responded to Lara’s transmission.

"Now for you, Alicorn," Lara said as she reached into the bubble and pulled Twilight's leg straight till her foot was outside the bubble.

“I know for a fact that if I smash your ankles…you will be unable to walk and starve to death. Even those you are an Alicorn, how I will smash your ankles will take much longer to heal. So I suggest you answer all my questions truthfully, Alicorn." Lara said, threatening as she squeezed down on Twilight's ankle with her unnatural strength.

"OUCH! All right, I will answer your questions?" Twilight cries out as tears streak her light purple cheeks.

"It only fair that you answer one of my questions, Imperial Alicorn." Twilight said gutsy as Lara chuckled into the back of her hand.

"You are pretty brave, Alicorn…I'll give you that," Lara said with a hint of respect.

"So Alicorn, what is your question?" Lara asked as Twilight smiled.

"Do Celestia and Luna's names mean anything to you, Imperial Alicorn?" Twilight asked as Lara's equine face glazed with shock.

"Those are the names of my pony-napped babies," Lara said as her eyes moist with joy upon hearing her filly's names.

"If you don't hurt me, Imperial Alicorn…I know where to find them, and I can lead you to them." Twilight said, knowing as the bubble popped, she dropped to the floor with a thud.

"Don't think that I fully trust you, Alicorn…Because you belong to that species, Pony nap my babies and stole something from me." Lara said, warning as a collar with a leash formed around Twilight's neck.

Meanwhile, back at the dig site Celestia has returned to the main campsite leaving Justice to wait for Queen Twilight Sparkle. A few moments later, Justice is joined by a heavenly-looking dark blue Alicorn mare with glossy black mane and tail.

Her elegant 6ft 5in equine figure was attired in a khaki-colored camp shirt and khaki-colored shorts with two large pockets. On a pair of twelve-inch long dark blue wonderfully shaped bare feet with ruby red toenail polish roughly the same size as Celestia's feet but a tad bit smaller was a pair of brown hiking boots. On her back were a couple of large dark blue feathered bird wings. This Alicorn mare was Head site scout Luna Borealis, the younger sister of Celestia Silverlight and Justice's Sister-in-law.

“Greeting Justice…Are you still waiting for Queen Twilight Sparkle to arrive?” Luna asked friendly as she joined Justice by the ruins of a sizeable cylindrical-shaped building with decorative pillars.

"I am…, and I see you settled your debt with Somnus, Auntie Luna," Justice said affectionately as he noticed that Luna was wearing the boots without the thick socks on, and she softly chuckled.

"Throughout my reign of ancient Equestria, that son of yours remained loyal to me and served as my moon knight. The only reward he asked for was my dark blue, wonderfully shaped bare feet, roughly the same size as his mother's feet but a tad bit smaller. As you know, Justice, I have no qualms about letting my nephew have access to my feet as a reward. But don't think that I am wearing these boots barefooted; I have pair of nude-colored foot covers on my feet right now." Luna explains as both Alicorns hear the sound of leaves being crushed underfoot approaching their position.

He quickly gestures to Luna to hide as his job of protecting the princesses is his top priority; she quickly obeys, and he draws Browning GP 35 pistol from one of the pockets of his khaki-colored cargo pants. And assumed a shooter stance as a figure slowly emerged from the tree line. To his surprise, walking out of the woods was Queen Twilight Sparkle. But Justice quickly noticed the magic collar with a leash around Twilight’s neck.

"Lower your weapon, terran unicorn stallion; your primitive firearm will not hurt me. But I can say that for this terran Alicorn mare that is company me." A second female voice said, threatening as Twilight is yanked back and the mare's hand is placed on her shoulder as a pony shield.

“An Imperial Alicorn Timekeeper Administrator!”Justice exclaims as he reels with astonishment as Imperial Alicorn mare walks out of the woods with Queen Twilight Sparkle in front of her blocking her.

“As you wish, Imperial Alicorn mare. I’ll lower my weapon as I know you speak the truth.” Justice said calmly as he put the gun back into his pocket.

"Outstanding terran unicorn stallion, But I don't know how you would know that I speak the truth and what I am." The Imperial Alicorn mare comments, a bit puzzled with the terran unicorn stallion knowing about Imperial Alicorns.

"Easily answered Imperial Alicorn mare." Justice comments as his gold bio-mechanical metal feathered bird wings appear on his back.

"For I am Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight, the great-grandson of Empress Galaxy Cosmos…My great grandmother." Justice said regally as Imperial Alicorn mare gasped with shock.

Chapter 12

"For I am Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight, the great-grandson of Empress Galaxy Cosmos…My great grandmother." Justice said regally as Imperial Alicorn mare gasped with shock.

“So Imperial Alicorn mare, I must ask you to release that terran Alicorn mare. You are holding against her will…She is under the protection of the Infinity Star Sector Royal family." Justice said decisively as Twilight's eyes blinked incredulously as a tear ran down her cheek.

"I am sorry, your imperial highness, but I must decline the offer to release this terran Alicorn mare. Because I am not finished with her yet!" The Imperial Alicorn mare said warning as she brought her energy wakizashi to Twilight's throat.

“I suggest terran Alicorn you don't move a muscle…my energy blade can cut through anything, and your soft flesh will be no problem." The Imperial Alicorn mare said with veiled warning as Twilight watched with numbed horror as she felt the energy coming off the blade near her throat.

“Imperial Alicorn mare, are you refusing an imperial command! You better have a good reason to be doing that! That is treason!" Justice said hotly as the Imperial Alicorn mare blinked excessively as her babies are the most important to her.

“A male unicorn with a beard... pony napped my babies! Why I slept and took my Epoch with the history of this planet! She said she could lead me to my babies!" The Imperial Alicorn mare voice cracked as she tightened her grip on Queen Twilight Sparkle.

"A bearded male unicorn? Luna, is she talking about your teacher?" Justice asked as he spoke to the hidden Luna as he kept his focus on the Imperial Alicorn mare holding Queen Twilight Sparkle hostage.

“It might be, Justice? But pony napping her babies? Why would he?" Luna said, uncertain as she shifted her foot, revealing her five elegant toes painted with deep pink toenail polish from the corner of the building.

"Who is behind that building!? Come out this instance, or I'll kill this terran Alicorn mare!” The imperial Alicorn mare threatening as she noticed the five elegant toes painted with deep pink toenail polish from the corner of the building.

"Come out, Princess," Justice said as the figure slowly stepped out from behind the building with her hands in the air and joined Justice.

“Yet another terran Alicorn mare!” The Imperial Alicorn mare said as she gave a look of uneasy puzzlement seeing another terran Alicorn mare.

"This princess of the moon and like that terran Alicorn mare you are holding hostage. She is under the protection of the Infinity Star Sector Royal family." Justice explains as the Imperial Alicorn mare gives a start of surprise.

"Your Imperial Highness, you are interfering with this planet's time progression by protecting these terran Alicorn mares." The Imperial Alicorn mare said bluntly as Luna's face glazed with shock.

"I was given special permission by the Empress to protect these terran Alicorn mares," Justice comments as the imperial Alicorn mare blink with surprise knowing it is rare for her Empress to give that permission.

"The only way the Empress will give that permission is if an Imperial Alicorn is mated to terran Alicorn mare…Is the Imperial Highness mated to one of you mares?" The Imperial Alicorn mare said, suspicious as the two terran Alicorn mares gape in stunned silence.

"No! He is mated to me! The princess of the sun and terran Alicorn mare." A third mare voice called as the imperial Alicorn mare watched an older and taller Terran Alicorn mare walk down the path toward the group with her hands in the air.

“Sister!” Luna exclaimed

"Your timing is perfect, my love," Justice said, relieved as an older and taller terran Alicorn mare walked up to Justice and kissed him.

"Went you two didn't return to the camp for dinner…I got worried and came to see what happened to you two." Celestia explains as she looks toward Queen Twilight Sparkle being held hostage by the Imperial Alicorn mare.

"What is going on here, my love?" Celestia asked as she noticed that Luna's face grew haggard with worry.

“This Imperial Alicorn mare said that your teacher, Star Swirl the bearded...pony napped her babies why she slept. Stole her magic history book from her," Justice explains as Celestia goddess features fell upon hearing that Imperial Alicorn mare babies were pony napped.

"Imperial Alicorn mare, please believe me…I understand how you feel. For I am a mother as well. I can only imagine how it hurt to have your babies taken from you. But that is no justification to hold Twilight hostage. If you release Twilight, I will help you locate your babies." Celestia said, offering as tears ran down Lara’s cheeks as she released Twilight.

"How are you, Twilight?" Justice asks as he quickly checks Queen Twilight Sparkle over.

"I am fine, Justice…Princess, please ask the Imperial Alicorn mare her name!" Queen Twilight Sparkle insists as Luna and Celestia stand as if shot and are waiting to fall with Twilight's insistence.

"Imperial Alicorn Mare, what is your name?" Celestia asked as Lara looked toward the Terran Alicorn mare.

“My name is Timekeeper Administrator Lara Borealis; I am an Imperial Alicorn historian and artifact collector from the Great Library Citadel Station from Imperial Alicorn space," Lara said as sudden spurts of adrenaline course through Luna and Celestia's veins.

"Borealis???" Luna and Celestia exclaim simultaneously as both terran Alicorn mares grab onto the sides of their heads as if something is preventing them from remembering their past.

Before long, the two terran Alicorn mares pass out. A few hours later, slowly, the eyes of the two terran Alicorn mares open up. Celestia's younger daughter, Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight, is the first sight that greets them as she trains as a Solar Guard Medic pony.

"Mother and Auntie, how do you feel?" Blueberry asked as she placed the stethoscope ends into her ears and listened to their hearts.

"Good heartbeat. Steady breathing, mother is doing well." Blueberry comments as she moves down to the end of the cot and uncovered one of her mother's reasonably large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious barefoot. Runs her finger down her sensitive white with a touch of pink creamy soft sole, causing her mother to jump.

"Mother had good reflexes," Blueberry commented as Celestia's gritted her teeth at her daughter for tickling her foot to check her reflexes.

“You didn’t have to tickle your mother’s foot! Daughter! To check her reflexes, you could have just asked me.” Celestia said sourly as Blueberry just smiled at her mother.

"Auntie doesn't mind me tickling her foot to check her reflexes, mother." Blueberry retorts as Luna uncover her dark blue, wonderfully shaped barefoot, roughly the same size as her sister's foot but a tad smaller. She holds it in the air and wiggles her five elegant toes painted with deep pink toenail polish to her sister's chagrin.

“How did we get here, Blueberry?” Luna asked as her young niece kneeled by her cot to allow her mother to sulk for a little while, and she checked her aunt's heart and lungs again with the stethoscope.

"Father and another Imperial Alicorn mare brought you back to the dig camp. And told us you suddenly passed out." Blueberry explains as Luna gave her niece her dark blue, wonderfully shaped barefoot and allowed her to run her finger down her sensitive dark blue, creamy soft sole to test her reflexes which she passed by jumping went, she was tickled.

"Auntie, who is that Imperial Alicorn mare?" Blueberry asked nervously as Luna allowed her niece to keep her sensitive dark blue barefoot as a security blanket as they spoke.

"She was very interested in mother's foals," Blueberry said, her voice strained as she hugged her aunt's sizeable dark blue wonderfully shaped barefoot, anxious that Luna quickly sensed through her foot that her niece held.

"It's fine, Blueberry (touching front of Blueberry's snout with her big toe), that Imperial Alicorn mare is your grandmother," Luna commented as Blueberry blinked with astonishment as Luna shook her head no toward her sister. Don't say anything because she knows fear went she sees it. Blueberry's mother nods her head in agreement.

"Mommy…does that mean you and Auntie are Imperial Alicorns like papa is?" Blueberry asked with worry as she hugged her aunt's sizeable dark blue wonderfully shaped bare foot tightly, forcing her five elegant toes painted with deep pink toenail polish to splay unintentionally.

"I don't know, Blueberry? Could you please release your aunt’s foot?” Celestia asked motherly as she noticed that her sister’s five elegant toes painted with deep pink toenail polish were getting darker blue than usual. Her daughter's hug was cutting off the circulation to her toes.

"Whatever may happen, Blueberry…we will get through it like we always do as a family. So please, Blueberry, go check on your other patience in the medical tent. So your aunt and I can discuss something." Celestia said tenderly as she gestured her daughter over and hugged her to reassure her, kissing her on her cheek before sending her off.

“Luna…I have never seen my baby that worried before?” Celestia comments, concerned as Luna massages the smooth curved ball of her foot with her fingers to get the circulation going back to her five elegant toes painted with deep pink toenail polish of her foot.

"Of course not, sister…Your foals are imitating us like we taught them.” Luna comments, knowing that she can wiggle her toes again as she stops massaging her foot's smooth curved ball.

“We taught your foals…to hide their outside emotions to not give up their advantage," Luna said nonchalantly as she casually wiggles her five elegant toes painted with deep pink toenail polish.

"So what you are saying, sister! Is that my foals are more deeply troubled than they are letting on." Celestia said, agitated as her mouth tightened into a stubborn line before she began to weep, knowing she taught her foals how to hide their emotions like she did as the ruler of Equestria.

“It not anyone’s fault, sister. It was the time we trained them for! We didn’t think something like this would happen?" Luna said, disappointed as a single tear ran down Luna's cheek.

“Went we train them, we train them to rule over a united Equestria. A land with harmony? Where all the pony tribes got along! And not this?!" Luna said, disappointed as she wiped away her tears with the back of her hand.

“So now what, sister? How do we help my foals?” Celestia asked, her voice a lifeless monotone as dull, empty ache gnawing at Celestia's soul.

“As we always do, sister. As mother and aunt…Like we have been doing." Luna said, accepting as she reached into her khaki-colored camp shirt and retrieved a small gold heart-shaped pendant. Before opening with her finger revealing a small picture of the Royal foals.

Chapter 13

(One thousand years prior before being assigned to the Planet of Equus)

In Elysian large Habitat in the Seven Sisters Star sector of Imperial Alicorn space. Timekeeper Administrator, Lara Borealis of the Tenth Circle of the Great Library citadel station. Walks about in her spacious family quarters attired in light blue silk colored long silk yukata kimono with black chestnut oak colored simple obi tied in a hanhaba knot.

Worn over silk kimono was a short-sleeved aqua blue kofurisode robe that serves as a jacket. On the jacket was a gold circle with ten gold stars in the center marking her as high-ranking Timekeeper Administrator of the Great Library Citadel Station. On her lengthy, perky and luxurious warm pink glorious looking narrow curvaceous bare feet were elegant and formal looking zori sandals and white tabi socks.

As Lara walks into the nursery, she finds her five-year-old filly standing by her baby sister's crib, attired in indigo white cotton yukata cotton kimono with white mouse brown with simple tsuke obi. On her small white with a hint of pink bare feet were elegant and formal-looking zori sandals and white tabi socks.

"Celestia, should you be studying there? A lot to learn if you want to make it to the tenth circle of the great library citadel station like me and become a Timekeeper Administrator." Lara said quietly as she checked on her small filly inside the crib and hugged her older daughter.

"I know, mommy, I just want to see my little sister. Do you think mommy Luna will become a Timekeeper like us?” Celestia inquires as ponies walk out of the nursery to let Luna sleep.

"Maybe Celestia…But I have felt your little sister Luna will become a Galactic Knight and might make it to a Shogun." Lara comments as she remembers something.

"Oh, talking about a Galactic Knight…Celestia, do you remember my friend Susan?" Lara asked as Celestia tapped her tiny fingers against the lower half of her snout.

“You mean Countess Silverlight…the mommy of my colt friend Justice?” Celestia answer as Lara shakes her head.

"It seems that Justice has a interest in you, Celestia," Lara comments as Celestia sticks her tongue out.

"That icky, mommy," Celestia said as she pretended that her cheeks bloat suddenly as if holding back vomit.

"Icky, you say Celestia? Just wait till you reach my age and see Imperial Alicorn colt is icky." Lara said, joking as she kissed Celestia on her cheek.

(Back to the present at the dig camp located near the ruins of Ponyville)

“You're Imperial Highness? I must ask, why are you here?" Lara inquires as the two Imperial Alicorns stand by the unlit campfire at the center of the camp, talking.

"Went the tenth circle of the Great library citadel station lost contact with one of their Timekeeper Administrator. They waited for one hundred space cycles to re-establish contact," Justice explains as the two Imperial Alicorns walk toward the ruins of a two-story circular building.

"Went space cycles elapsed, they reported the lost contact to Infinity Palace and the Empress. At that space cycle, the Empress set into motion an investigation and infiltration mission to the planet of Equus to locate the missing Timekeeper Administrator. Since I was trained in infiltration operation, I was assigned the mission." Justice explains as Lara had a dubious look on her equine face feeling there was more to Imperial Prince taking the mission.

(In the past, Infinity Star Sector the docking bay of Infinity Palace)

Sitting on the docking bay awaiting a pilot, a Nova Class six reconnaissance fighter waited and walked toward the spaceship was Royal Shogun Justice Silverlight wearing a very light imperial Alicorn combat body armor/space suit that looked like the armor worn by ancient warriors known as samurai. Tuck under his arm was his space helmet designed to look like the samurai's great helmet with a face mask called a kabuto. His Daisho (Katana and wakizashi energy blades) were tucked into his sash on his side.

He is soon joined on deck by an Imposing-looking dark blue imperial Alicorn mare with a crimson red mane and tail. Her 6ft 10in athletic figure was encased in a pale crimson silk furisode kimono with pure crimson enlarged obi tied in a hanhaba knot. Worn over the kimono was a red-orange sleeveless outer jacket called kataginu with a white diamond on the shoulders, the mark of the Silverlight family.

On her dark blue bare feet were Geta sandals and white tabi socks. Resting against her back were her gold bio-mechanical feather bird wings. This imperial Alicorn mare is Countess Susan Shimmering Diamond Silverlight and Shogun Justice Silverlight’s own mother.

"Justice, wait!" Susan called as Justice stopped and bowed to his mother.

“Yes, mother?” Justice asked

"I was just told who the missing Timekeeper Administrator is," Susan said

"Who, Mother?" Justice asked

"It was Timekeeper Administrator Lara Borealis; she took both her fillies with her to Equus to gather the history for Great Library Citadel Station," Susan explains as Justice blinks with surprise and the blood drains from Justice’s face.

(Still in the past four months before leaving for Planet of Equus)

On the recreation deck of infinity Palace, walking down the sidewalk towards the park at the center of the deck was breathtakingly gorgeous white with a hint of pink young imperial Alicorn mare with carnation pink mane and tail.

Her perfect 5ft 4in equine figure was attired in Prussian blue delicate linen yukata kimono with cherry blossom enlarged obi tied Nagoya knot. Worn over the linen kimono was a short-sleeved golden oak yellow kofurisode robe that serves as a jacket. A gold circle marking her as in training Timekeeper Administrator of the Great Library Citadel Station was on the jacket. Her average-sized plush white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet was elegant and formal zori sandals and white tabi socks.

Folded on her back were her average size white with a hint of pink feathery bird wings. This young imperial Alicorn mare was Celestia Borealis, an in-training Timekeeper Administrator of the Great Library Citadel Station.

Waiting on the path in the park was a majestic and handsome-looking young dark blue imperial Alicorn stallion with short textured cut crimson red mane and tail. His 5ft 9in athletic equine figure was attired in cherry blossom mouse red haori jacket and floral leaf yellow kimono pants. On his dark blue bare feet were brown boots with white tabi socks, and resting against his back were his gold bio-mechanical feather bird wings.

This young imperial Alicorn stallion was Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight, the great-grandson of Empress Galaxy Cosmos, the overall ruler of Imperial Alicorn Space and fiancé of in-training Timekeeper Administrator Celestia Borealis.

"Hey, Justice!" Celestia calls as she quickens her pace to reach him, and her smile gets bigger and bigger the closer she gets. The moment she is in reach, she wraps her arms and wings around Justice in a hug before planting a kiss on his lips.

"Huh!?" Celestia said in surprise as she felt a gentle tug on her wing feather of her natural white with a hint of pink feathery bird wings wrapped around Justice.

"Justice, you promised you wouldn’t tease me because of my natural white with a hint of pink feathery bird wings. You promised." Celestia said, anxious as she folded her wings onto her back, and Justice wrapped his metal wings and arms around her to reassure her.

"I am sorry, Celestia, by two-thousand one-hundred years, a female Imperial Alicorn should have her bio-mechanical feather bird wings replacing her natural feather bird wings," Justice says as he kisses her lips.

“But truth Celestia…I love you with either bio-mechanical wings or natural wings.” Justice said affectionately as Celestia's light magenta eyes glinted with pleasure, and she kissed him lovingly.

"If I am going to be the wife of Imperial Prince, I want my bio-mechanical wings to be just as beautiful as his…So it took me a little longer to pick my bio-mechanical wings. Because I what them perfect." Celestia explains as the two imperial Alicorn walk deeper into the park to talk.

(Back to the present at the castle of two royal pony sisters, observatory)

'That was our last meeting; it was that meeting that Celestia told me she might accompany her mother on her next timekeeper mission to get some practical experience as an in-training Timekeeper Administrator.' Justice thought as he examined the control board on the regeneration tube that Celestia slept in, trying to figure out why she couldn't remember him; went he found her many years later as the ruler of Equestria.

At that same time, Princess Celestia Silverlight arrives at the observatory at her old home, the castle of two royal pony sisters and walks over to a large strange looking machine inset in one of the observatory walls with a sizeable oval-cut white crystal serving as some kind of monitor. A freestanding blue crystal rectangular control board was sitting directly in front of the monitor.

As Celestia approached the control board set at a seventy-degree angle, several multi-colored emerald cut crystals inset on the control board served as buttons to operate the machine that looked familiar to her.

Every time she tries to access that memory in her mind, she is hit by a terrible headache and bad nausea. The moment she stops trying to remember that memory, all the effects subside. She brings up her white with a hint of pink slender hands to be level with the keyboard and places her fingers on emerald cut crystal buttons on the control board.

On instinct, she begins pressing the buttons in a recognizable pattern known only to her as the last sequence is imputed onto the control board. The sizeable oval-cut white crystal that serves as its monitor activates Celestia's recoil in horror on the screen. She appears on the as a two-thousand one-hundred-year-old Imperial Alicorn mare with carnation pink mane and tail recording her personal diary.

"Greeting, my name is in-training Timekeeper Administrator Celestia Borealis…It feels so weird to be introducing myself to myself. But mother says I have to make a personal diary for the Great Library Citadel station files. But anyway, the planet of Equus is quite a beautiful green planet. I wish you could see it, Justice; this planet is full of life and has fascinating inhabitants who seem to be mistrusting. Mother has plans to send me to the meeting of the three pony tribes. I plan to follow Princess Platinum, the ruler of the Unicorn tribe, to the meet." The young Celestia explains as tears streak the older Celestia's cheeks, and she pounds on the edge of the control board in frustration.

“Why can I remember any of this!? What is preventing me?!” Celestia said in frustration as she sank to her knees, grabbing the sides of her head with her hands as tears continued streaking her cheeks.

"Huh?" Justice exclaimed as the mare sniffling echoed into the room with regeneration tubes from the observatory.

After discovering that the regeneration tubes are in good working order and doesn't explain how his wife Celestia lost her memory, he exits the room with regeneration tubes to investigate the mare sniffling from the other room.

"Celestia!?" Justice exclaimed as his face glazed with shock seeing his precious terran Alicorn wife in great distress, clutching her equine head with her hands, fighting against her terrible headache and nausea, trying to remember her past.

Before long, Celestia vomits and quickly loses consciousness before she could fall into her own vomits on the ground. A dark blue magic bubble forms around the unconscious terran Alicorn mare, and he floats her over to him. He does a quick assessment of Celestia and is glad that she wearing her Princess's outfits, with means that she wearing a pair of golden sandals on her feet.

Justice walks back over to the regeneration tube in the small room and inputs a sequence of buttons pressed on the small control board on the side of the larger regeneration tube. Slowly the front half of the tube opens up, allowing access to the interior of the regeneration tube. He carefully places Celestia into the regeneration tube before closing the door on the tube.

Justice crouches down by his wife's feet and begins unbuckling and removing her golden sandals from her feet. Once his precious wife is barefooted, he stands back up and closes the front door of the tube. With a few more button presses, the tube fills with white puffy clouds, and a one-hour timer begins.

'There we go, my precious mate, being an imperial Alicorn mare, this regeneration tube. It should help settle and cure your bad headache and bad nausea to help you remember your past. I can only hope it will help you remember.’ Justice thought, saddened as tears rolled down Celestia's cheeks in the regeneration tube, feeling their bond become sad.

Slowly Princess Celestia Silverlight's light magenta colored eyes open up. She lies on a crystal clear glass block floor, looking down at her real body in the Regeneration tube. As Celestia slowly gets to her feet and begins walking about on this strange dimension's crystal clear glass block floor.

The only sounds she can hear in the dead quiet are the echoing of the soft pip-pops of the plushy textured of her relatively large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet making contact with the floor as she walks. As she continues walking about, she enters a large circular room; floating high above her head is a hologram of her brain.

Periodically different regions of her holographic brain would light up, showing activity. Soon Celestia gaped in stunned silence; one of the regions of her holographic brain wouldn't light up, and she figured where her blocked memories were located. Without a second thought, a portal appears before her and she walks into the portal.

Once through the portal, she enters another room; the ambient sound changes to the sound of the plushy textured of her relatively large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet walking across wet sand. This room had one hundred or more see-through portals inset in the room's walls with strange numerals above each portal. She could tell that each portal was in numeric sequence, but she could not decipher it.

As she walks up to one of the portals, a still image appears on some kind of park portal. As she walks through the portals, she finds herself standing on the concrete path. The breath catches in Celestia’s throat went she looks up to see through a tough, transparent bubble the blackness of space with pinpoint starlight across the emptiness of space.

She figures that the park is in Imperial Alicorn space station as she feels at home here. Once again, the ambient sound changes to the sound of the plushy textured of her relatively large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet walking on the concrete path of this park.

Chapter 14

Celestia's light magenta eyes blink with incredulity seeing her as a younger imperial Alicorn mare walking down the path holding hands with younger Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight; both are wearing yukata kimonos with sandals. As they pass her, she follows them to a small private area in the park with an extended bench. The two younger Imperial Alicorns sit down on the bench, and younger Celestia kisses Justice on the cheek.

"OK, Celestia, you said you wanted something tested on you? You also said you read how to do it in another timekeeper's journal from a dead planet.” Justice comments as the younger Celestia shakes her head.

“The Timekeeper called it ‘feet tickle,'" Celestia said, enthusiastic as Justice scratched his head.

“What is a feet tickle, Celestia? Will it hurt you?" Justice asked, concerned as Celestia once again kissed Justice on the cheek to reassure him.

"No, it will not hurt me or at least that is what the timekeeper says in her journal. Just to be safe, let's do it exactly how it says in the journal." Celestia said as she lifted her legs up and placed her sandals and socked feet on Justice’s lap.

"OK, Justice…first thing take my sandals off my feet. Leave my socks on for now." Celestia instructs as he slides her zori sandals off her feet and sets them on the bench next to him.

"Next, Justice…take my socks off, so my feet are bare… perfect, my love," Celestia said, pleased as her average-sized plush white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet are revealed.

“Huh? What is that wonderful smell coming off your bare feet, my beloved mare?" Justice asked as the sweet floral scent from his lovely mare five-toed naked feet began to excite this unprepared imperial Alicorn stallion’s nostrils.

'I remember this…this was the first time that my average-sized plush white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet was revealed. After this event, Justice and I did a lot of experiments on my naked feet…We never understood why my mare five-toed naked feet had a strong attraction to an imperial Alicorn stallion-like Justice…It was also exciting to me; allowing my average-sized white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet to be exposed and experimented on was fun.' Celestia thought as she stepped backwards out of the portal back into the main area and watched the portal close in front of her.

Celestia’s anthro equine body stiffened in apprehension, awaiting the inevitable horrible pain in her head, the headache stuck and even worse sickness in her stomach for remembering something from her past. Went it didn't happen, Celestia gave a sigh of relief and continued walking about in this room before stopping in front of three stone block portals with her stylized sun symbol on them.

One of the three stone block portals had a black and white color appearance to it, and Celestia walked through it. On the other side, she finds herself standing in a large office; from the room's architecture, it is somewhere in Canterlot Grand Royal Palace in Canterlot.

Sitting behind a desk with her mother's magic history book opened was Star Swirl, the bearded he was listening intently to some pony else in the room with him. The older Celestia recoil in horror from the shadows steps the younger version of her wearing her in-training Timekeeper Administrator clothing.

"All right, Mr. Star Swirl the bearded…you got yourself a deal. I'll help you read my mother's history book. Just remember my terms of our deal." The younger Celestia said, warning as Star Swirl the bearded shook his head.

"Agreed, Miss Borealis…I am not allowed to control you or your sister Luna went you are crowned the ruler of Equestria. I may only know one of the possible futures from this book. You will pick the possible future that might help further my ambition…beyond that, it is up to me to make it happen. Is that all your terms, Miss Borealis?" Star Swirl, the bearded said, conspiring as Celestia used her magic to close the book cover of her mother’s history book and placed her hand on top of it.

"Oh yes, and the most important term…My ambition can't interfere with your own ambition Miss Borealis…I must say, my-my-my, an Imperial Alicorn mare is a very ambitious pony." Star Swirl, the bearded said as Celestia reached over the desk and grabbed onto the collars of his robes. Before Celestia's lifted him out of the chair, holding him in the air close to her snout with a keep-your-mouth-shut look.

“Don’t think you know my species that well, Mr. Star Swirl the bearded, because you don't know my species. Unlike most of my species, I didn't make this agreement for power, money or position. I make this agreement for the love of my stallion and worthy of being called his wife.” Celestia said bluntly as she tossed Star swirl the bearded back into his chair.

“In my experience, Miss Borealis…the most dangerous foe is a mare in love with her stallion." Star Swirl, the bearded said, anxious as the two ponies shook hands to seal the deal.

'For the love of my stallion…that why I broke the prime directive, I interfered with the time progression of the Planet of Equus…But why would I want to forget this event…I feel no malice in doing that… a matter of fact, I felt the most worthy of being Imperial Prince's wife and standing by his side… there must be another reason that I blocked my memory.’ Celestia thought, backing out of the portal back into the central area of dimension, confused with the memory block.

She sidesteps the black and white portal as it closes and stands in front of the following stone block portals with her stylized sun symbol, and Celestia walks through it. In that memory, the echoing of the soft pip-pops of the plushy textured of her relatively large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet making contact with the smooth tile floor of this room can be heard.

She gasps, discovering that she standing in a large room with the noticeable architecture of the Canterlot Grand Royal palace in Canterlot. Additionally, the room is well lit up from the several stained glass windows along both walls of this long and slender rectangular room with columns down the entire length of the room.

Celestia looks down and finds herself standing upon a long red comfy carpet runner down the center of the room. She can pick up the scent of fresh spring flowers wafting through an open window somewhere in this room. The floral scent sparks a memory in Celestia's brain, and she knows where she is.

'It's the Canterlot grand royal palace, and it is the first day of spring. That day the new class of Royal Palace guards is introduced to Luna and me in the throne room. And we give each guard their first assignment duty.' Celestia thought as she ran to the front of the room and gave a startled gasp sitting on the thrones with their legs crossed, one knee tossed casually over the other was her and Luna both were wearing their most beautiful gowns with excellent dress pumps. Their gold tiaras were nicely shined up on top of their heads.

'This was just routine royal duty for us and boring…but still, it had to be done. We always make the new class of Royal Palace guards think that we would give them a random first assignment duty…but the truth was we knew which duties were easy and which were hard. It was all a game to us…If we like the guard, he would be given any easy duty, and if we didn't like the guard, we would give him a hard duty.’ Celestia thought, looking at the small table between the two thrones with a pile of scrolls with first assignment duties.

‘It was this class of Royal Palace guards that totally upended our game. As the royal palace guards class walked into the throne room. Among this class was a majestic and handsome-looking dark blue unicorn stallion with his short textured cut crimson red mane and tail wearing the uniform of a Royal Palace guard.

Luna and I looked at each other, and we both concluded that he seemed very familiar to us. To add even more confusion to me, the soles of my feet tingled fiercely inside my pumps as I wore my shoes on my bare feet. Also, my toes curled and splayed inside the toe box of my pumps. It was that moment I called a royal recess.’ Celestia thought as the memory faded from the throne room.

The memory resumes sometime later in a small office just off the throne room; in the room, still wearing their most beautiful gowns and princess regalia, were Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. As Princess Celestia sits on the sofa in the room, her sister Princess Luna sits on a small coffee table in front of her sister; in her hands. She holds her sister's relatively large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet, examining them for her sister.

"I am no podiatrist, dear sister…but your feet look just as large and smelly as ever," Luna said unamused as Celestia's mouth quirks in annoyance with her younger sister's comment.

“You would talk, dear sister! What about your feet?” Celestia said sourly, being the taller of the two Alicorn sisters. Celestia has a more extended arm reach and seizes Luna's ankles from under her causing her to blink with surprise as she catches the edge of the table with her hands went; her sister makes her lose her balance.

A devious smile formed on her sister's snout as Celestia held both of Luna's slender ankles in one hand as she slowly moved her free hand towards her sister’s spike heels of her pumps on her feet. Luna swallows a lump in her throat; her sister wraps her fingers around her spike heels, and she can feel them slowly sliding off her gentle flowing beautiful slender curved heels.

Celestia slowly lifts her sister's pumps off her feet and tosses them over her shoulder behind the sofa. Left revealed in her sister's hand was pair of soft and cute looking dark blue wonderfully shaped bare feet roughly the same size as her feet but a tad bit smaller with satiny smooth lilac purple nail polish on all her ten elegant toes.

Beads of perspiration form on Luna's forehead beneath her short dark blue spiral horn in the center of her head. Her ten elegant toes nervously curl and splay as the fingers of her sister's free hand wiggle menacingly too close to her creamy, smooth dark blue soles that easily wrinkle; went she scrunched her toes down before smoothing out once again went she straightened them.

An unamused Luna bops her sister on her snout with her foot's smooth curved ball; she takes a good waft of her creamy soft dark blue soles. As Celestia rubs her hand on her sore snout, Luna slams her naked feet on the carpeted floor before re-crossing her legs, one knee tossed casually over the other again.

"That was not funny, dear sister…Why did you have me check your bare feet for you?" Luna asked testily as she tapped soundlessly in the open air of her elevated naked foot with satiny smooth lilac purple nail polish on her five elegant toes.

"My feet started to tingle something fierce inside my pumps, and my shapely and delicately rounded not too long toes curl and splay inside my pumps as well. I saw that majestic and handsome looking dark blue unicorn stallion with short textured cut crimson red mane and tail among this Royal Palace Guard class.” Celestia explains confused, whirling a strand of her blond mane hair around her finger nervously as the breath catches in Luna's throat with her sister's reaction.

"What???" Luna said, dumbfounded as she watched her sister continue to whirl a strand of her blond mane hair around her finger nervously and become flushed.

"Dear sister? Is this love at first sight?" Luna asked, questioning as her sister fidgeted in her seat, feeling squirrely with Luna's comment.

"Of course not, sister! I-I barely know that majestic and handsome looking dark blue unicorn stallion with short textured crimson red mane and t-t-tail.” Celestia said, flushed as Luna noticed her sister's shapely and delicately rounded not-too-long toes begin curling on her bare feet.

"Oh? (Making a service file appear in her hand) let's see, his name is Justice Silverlight; he hails from the town of green neigh at the foot of the Crystal Mountains…Plus, he was exceptional in boot camp; by the end of the training, he earned the rank of Staff Sergeant." Luna recites as a wave of acid wells up from Celestia's belly, followed by a look of delight appearing on her snout.

'That day, Luna was exceptionally bratty…after I composed myself from the sight of that majestic and handsome looking dark blue unicorn stallion with short textured cut crimson red mane and tail. We return to the throne room to resume giving this new Royal Palace guards class their first assignments. I quickly gave Staff Sergeant Silverlight his first assignment before I became flushed again…After we passed the last first assignment to the royal palace guards, I headed back to my bed-chamber to change.

I had just set foot in the royal living area went I heard the unmistakable click-clacking of heels on the tile floor of the area…My face was shocked; walking with Luna was Staff Sergeant Silverlight; she gave him a tour of his new post…I found out that Staff Sergeant Silverlight was reassigned to a special detachment of Royal Palace guards that guard the royal living area. By order of Princess Luna.' Celestia thought as the memory again faded and reformed into a new memory from the past.

As the memory formed, Celestia looked about and knew it might have been a few months later as she was once again wearing her most beautiful gown and Princess's regalia with her golden high heels on her feet. She figures it was most likely after one of her important meetings as she looked exhausted.

'After that meeting, I was so tired I was not paying attention to how I was walking in my high heels. I miss stepped and badly twisted my ankle as my light magenta eyes brim with tears. I called for help because it was too painful to even stand up to limp back to my room without help. I called for help for several hours, and no pony came to my aid…As I was about to drag myself back to my room, even those my ankle would hurt more…That went; I heard military boots coming toward me. I breathe a sigh of relief.' Celestia thought as she remembered the memory fondly.

“Princess! I heard you calling for help? What happen?" Justice asked as he kneeled in front of Celestia, a smile forming on her snout.

"Oh, Staff Sergeant, I hurt myself…could you carry me back to my room and call the royal physician to check my ankle for me," Celestia asked as Justice picked the Princess up in his arms and carried her back to her room.

'For some strange reason went, Justice was carrying me back to my room in his arms. I felt so safe in his arms…like he was required to take care of me…but not as a Princess…as a simple mare.' Celestia thought as she watched the memory of Justice turn around to push open her bed-chamber door to get into her room.

"Now let's see about your sprained ankle, Princess," Justice said, concerned as he gently sat Celestia down on her large bed and proceeded down to the foot of the bed where her golden high heel pumps was located.

“Staff Sergeant! Please! That not part of your duties to look after the well fair of your injured Princess! Please, Staff Sergeant, just call for the royal physician." Celestia said, her voice edged with tension as she watched Justice gently slip her golden high heel pumps one at a time off her reasonably large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet till her feet were bare.

‘After Justice removed both of my golden high heel pumps from my feet…despite my protests. He sat down at the foot of my bed and carefully placed my sprained ankle on his leg. He gently examined my sprained ankle…his touch was so gentle as to not aggravate my tender ankle. Went he finished, he gently placed my foot back on my bed.' Celestia thought as the memory continued to unfold in front of her.

Chapter 15

"Well, princess, it doesn't look like you broke your ankle from that fall. It looks like you badly sprained it." Justice said, reassuring as a towel appeared in his hand.

"You know, Staff Sergeant, you could be in some serious trouble for disobeying a command from a princess. I told you to call the royal physician to check my ankle," Celestia said authoritatively as Justice gently wrapped the towel around her sprained ankle.

"Am I Princess?" Justice asked as a cold compress appeared in his hand, and he placed the compress on top of Celestia's bad ankle to bring down the swelling on her ankle.

"Not at all, staff sergeant…I am grateful for your help." Celestia said, grateful as Justice stood up to leave her chamber to return to his patrol.

"If there nothing else, your highness…I must return to my patrol…farewell, your highness.” Justice said politely as Celestia quickly thought up an excuse to have Justice remain with her.

"Ow! Staff sergeant, please stay with me…till the swelling goes down on my ankle…I might need your help more. Besides, you won't get in trouble with your commander if you are helping your princess? Who is hurt?" Celestia said, sounding helpless as Justice sat back down on the edge of her bed.

"If that what my princess what me to do…It will be done." Justice said, respectful as Celestia's face brightened with Justice staying with her in her bed-chamber.

'At that moment, I just wanted to lay my equine head-on Justice's shoulder and rub my snout against his cheek; very loving! As if we belong together? But I quickly put that thought out of my mind? I was Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria, and the Staff sergeant was one of my royal palace guards and nothing more!’ Celestia thought, unsure as her face grew haggard with worry as tears started to form in her light magenta colored eyes.

'Justice remained in my bed-chamber for the rest of that day? Helping me to nurse my sprained ankle! I caught Justice a few times when he checked my bad ankle for me? Reaching over to my unhurt foot with his fingers to tickle inside my arch caused me to yelp with surprise!’ Celestia thought, accepting as she wiped the tears off her cheek with the back of her hand, and memory changed once again.

The next memory that formed was once again in the hallway of the Royal Living area of Grand Royal Palace. Celestia figured this memory took place several years later as she talked more casually with Staff Sergeant Silverlight in the hallway of the royal living area. In this memory, she was wearing a beautiful deep sky blue short-sleeve midi length fit and flare dress with gorgeous gold heeled sandals and three fourth-inch heels. A medium gold buckle held the gorgeous gold heeled sandals to Celestia's perfectly shaped ankles.

‘As I got to know the Staff sergeant (a smile form on her snout) or Justice went, I got to know him…I found that Justice was a wonderful listener…he seemed to have this unnatural ability to know went I needed someone to talk to…After a particular hard court session, as I was walking back to my bed chamber…Justice would place his hand on my shoulder and asks, "If I needed to talk." I would shake my head, and he would follow me back to my bed-chamber…By the time we would reach my bed-chamber, all my worries were relieved.’ Celestia thought as she watched her and Justice walk down the hallway to her bed-chamber as a sensing tide of joy washed over the present Celestia.

"Tee-Hee, you always know I needed someone to talk to, Justice. After talking with you, I feel so much better…What can I do to pay you back, Justice?" Celestia said in a reassured tone of voice as a knowing smile formed on Justice's snout.

'The moment I spoke those words, "what can I do to pay him back?” I knew what he was going to ask? But I was in such a state of elation that his normal request totally slipped my mind!’ Celestia thought, knowing as she watched the words literally begin forming on Justice’s lips as the memory continued to unfold in front of her.

"Well, how about giving you a nice long foot rub, your highness? I bet you could use it!” Justice asked thoughtfully as Celestia suddenly got stabbing anxiety in her's gut.

“As my feet are really hot and tired today! And I can use it? The throne room was hot and stuffy today!" Celestia said, her quivering voice raising an octave as it caused more sweat to form on her feet.

'At the time, I didn't know that our Imperial Alicorn bond was still powerful between us! Even those I couldn’t remember having a relationship with him? I felt his disappointment, and it hurt me deeply to think of telling him no!’ Celestia thought lovingly as a feeling of a cold fist closed over her's heart as she clutched the bodice of her jewel neck on top of her dress, watching the memory continue to unfold.

“All right! You may rub the feet of your princess?” Celestia said, anxious as the breath came raw in her's throat, and she gently took hold of Justice's hand, leading him to her private bed chamber.

‘As hot and sweaty are my feet were from the hot and stuffy summer heat? Allowing Justice to rub my feet for me? Seemed almost natural to me!' Celestia thought dramatically as she watched the movie in front of her continue to unfold as her memories and feeling were recalled.

‘In my private bed chamber. I walked over to my large bed with a pert wiggle, And sat down with all the grace of royal Alicorn! Once I got comfortable on my bed? I swung my lengthy legs onto the bed! Before I gestured Justice to join me!’ Celestia thought passionate as her blood was set aflame as the majestic and handsome looking dark blue unicorn stallion with short textured cut crimson red mane and tail walked toward her in her memory.

‘I temporarily moved my lengthy legs to allow, Justice? To sit down on the foot of my large bed? Once he was comfortable? I settled my sandal-clad sweaty feet on his lap! I felt his fingers fumbled with the gold buckle on my gorgeous gold heeled sandals?’ Celestia thought with increase passionate as I stared at Justice like a mare in heat and allowed my light magenta eyes to range freely up and down his majestic equine figure.

‘My ears shot up on top of my head! Hearing the soft unmistakable sound of the metallic buckle breaking loose on my ankles! My heart skipped a beat feeling the leather straps slide off my plushy white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet! Ooh! The gentle touch of his fingers upon my plushy white with a hint of pink creamy soft soles! Was heavenly!’ Celestia thought as she quickly backed out of this memory back into the main area. Before she got any more passionate and had an accident.

‘After that, even those it was against set royal tradition, I started a secret relationship with him…throughout our secret relationship, I never thought the relationship was wrong or bad! It felt just so natural to me!’ Celestia thought as she took a few moments to put herself back together before moving over to the next memory portal to figure out where the memory block was.

Once through the last stone portal, she enters another room; the ambient sound changes to the sound of the plushy textured of her plush white with a hint of pink luxurious bare feet walking across leaves and sticks littering the ground underfoot.

The ambient temperature seems a little more humid than she likes but still tolerable. Sweat continued running down her perfect equine figure as she tried to figure out what memory this was from her past. As she pushes through the thick bush-choked canopy, a sickening wave of terror wells up from her's belly as she comes upon an ancient pyramid. She knows that there is only one place this kind of building is found in all of Equestria.

'By my light, not this memory! Anything but this memory!? I don't want to relive this memory!' Celestia thought as her face was etched in desperation and scarred as she tried to find the exit portal from this memory before it began.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, in regeneration tube rooms in the observatory of the castle of the royal pony sisters, the regenerating Imperial Alicorn mare body of Celestia Silverlight reacts violently inside the tube, putting stress on her heart, setting off alarms and sirens. This quickly brings her husband, Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight, back to the regeneration tube. Within a few seconds of adjusting a few controls on the tube, Justice can bring his wife back to relax, calming the stress on her heart.

“Please, my dear mate, you are in the Reverie…our people's version of the dream dimension. This is where all our memories, good or bad, are relived…Our people have lived for many centuries in the Reverie; it helps us make sense of our long life…But for some reason, you have blocked that place from your mind…Now that you have learned what you are…Please, my dear mate, endure." Justice said, his voice edged with tension as he pressed the palm of his hand against the tube and gawked in disbelief went the regenerating Celestia Silverlight pressed her palm of her hand against his from inside the tube.

(Back in the Reverie)

‘So it called the Reverie? The imperial Alicorn version of the dream dimension. But this dimension is much more intense than what Luna has told me about the dream dimension! It looks like the Imperial Alicorn species had not only lived for centuries! But lived many lives. Because their many layers of memories in me?’ Celestia thought, surprised as a shadow flew overhead, and she quickly looked up to see her small cruising airship passing overhead, heading to the city of Oataca.

(Aboard the Light of Day Celestia's small cruising airship)

In the princess's suite aboard the Light of Day, a small cruising airship Celestia attired in a beautiful deep sky blue short-sleeve dress in gorgeous gold heeled sandals with three-fourths inch heels, argues with her personal guard Captain Justice Silverlight.

"By your light, your highness! What are you thinking!? Going off without telling me of this high-risk excursion! Especially to the forbidden jungle!" Justice said, angry as Celestia crossed her arms in front of her.

“An excursion, Captain! This diplomatic mission! Besides, if I told you? Would you let me go?" Celestia said sourly as she tapped her foot on the ground.

“Of course not! Not without pre-planning! Your highness! Those tribes in the Forbidden jungle are not too friendly with Equestria!" Justice said irately, snorting at Celestia.

"Well, there we go, Captain! That why I didn't tell you!?” Celestia said sarcastically as she snorted back at Justice.

'We took a few minutes to calm down and began talking calmly, slowly working out our differences. But what next happened to surprise both of us? Demonstrated what lengths one noble would go to seize power in Equestria!’ Celestia thought hotly as she watched the engine on her airship explode and crash in the forbidden jungle.

Celestia spread her white with a hint of pink feathered bird wings and glided to the crash site of Light of Day, her small cruising airship in the Forbidden Jungle. She finds it largely intact when she arrives at the crash site, as she remembers from her memories. But beyond that, what happened prior is still a huge mystery to her as she was unconscious went the airship crashed. Without warning, she is pulled into the memory and finds herself looking through the cobalt blue eyes of her Personal Guard, Justice Silverlight.

“Princess!" Justice calls as he quickly gets to his feet to check on Celestia, who was buried under some debris from the accident.

‘You better not be dead, my love? Or I’ll kill you myself!’ Though worried as he, Justice begins clearing the debris from on top of Celestia. Once she is free, he gently drags her out from under the rubble and does a quick medical assessment of her condition. He sighs slowly upon hearing the heartbeat and her breathing.

‘She still alive that good.’ Justice thought, relieved as he began tapping her on her cheek, trying to bring her around.

"Come on, your highness, this is no time to be sleeping. Wake up!" Justice said as a snarl of agony spread over his face; he touched his side and discovered his hand covered with his blood. Once Princess Celestia Borealis's light magenta eyes open up, the other Celestia Silverlight is ejected from the body of her Personal Guard Justice Silverlight.

'By my light, what just happened?' Celestia thought as a wave of acid welled up from her belly and felt her cheeks bloat suddenly as if holding back vomit.

‘It looks like they’re still a lot for me to understand about being Imperial Alicorn Timekeeper Administrator. (Tears streak her cheeks) But I never knew just how badly Justice was hurt from the crash. All I could think of was this put a major wrinkle in my diplomatic mission to the tribes in the Forbidden Jungle.’ Celestia thought as her face was etched with sorrow, not knowing that Justice was hurt so badly.

"Come on, your highness, let's try to make it back to Equestria territory," Justice suggested as Celestia tried to yank her hand out of Justice’s hand.

"No, Captain! I have a diplomatic mission to complete! That is what is important!" Celestia said bluntly as she pulled away her hand to head in the opposite direction.

“Forget your diplomatic mission! Your highness! Until we find out who sabotages your air ship! It could have been someone from one of the tribes! Your safety is important!" Justice said testily as he grabbed hold of Celestia and carried her as she fought to break free.

'All my fighting most likely aggravated his injuries more! All I wanted to do was complete my diplomatic mission. In doing so, I almost killed the stallion that loved me!’ Celestia thought as her chin sunk dejectedly into her chest, watching Justice's face dark with pain as she fought to break free.

'I didn't know how badly Justice was hurt until we were just a few miles from the Town of Caracows at the foot of the Appaloosan Mountains, where we could catch a train back into Equestria territory. As he finishes setting up our temporary night camp. I noticed that his uniform jacket was soaked with his blood. My pulse roars in my ears went Justice collapses from blood loss. At that very moment, something broke through my memory block as my face became etched in desperation.’ Celestia thought as tears streaked her cheeks, watching the memory play through.

“You’re Imperial Highness! You promised that you wouldn’t die until you married me! A Timekeeper Administrator! Keep your promise!" Celestia is desperate as she places her hands over his wound and begins to heal his wound.

'As Justice came to, I could tell he heard me. Because he asked me went, he could talk. Where did we first meet? I told him we have been colt friends since our mothers have been friends! Which was unique in imperial Alicorn society, a royal family member friends with the Great library citadel station timekeeper Administrator. His great grandmother the Empress was delighted with that.’ Celestia thought as she stepped out of the memory portal back into the main area.

“But that still doesn’t answer why I block my memories in the first place?" Celestia commented as she looked up at her brain floating in the air and gave a startled gasp as that area was getting active.

Chapter 16

Nauseating spurts of adrenaline course through Celestia's veins spotting the solid black memory portal appear before her. A slowly sickening wave of terror welled up from Celestia's belly as this was the memory portal that would tell her why she blocked her memory. As she reaches her white with a hint of pink slender hands out to touch the memory portal to enter the memory, sweat begins to trickle down from her armpits as her facial muscles twitch nervously. The moment the sensation of a trapdoor suddenly opens in Celestia's belly, she back away from the memory portal and begins sniffling, not wanting to learn what cause her memory block.

"I am so sorry, my love. I can't do it? I am very fearful of what that memory portal will tell me about my memory block!" Celestia's voice breaks as she degenerates to a childish whimper.

Slowly Celestia's ears on top of her head begin to unfold as she's pick-up the slow click-clacking of heels on the ground coming up behind her. As she slowly stood up and looked behind her, walking toward her was a gorgeous light blue imperial Alicorn mare with vivid crimson red mane and tail despite her advanced age. This Imperial Alicorn mare has retained her beauty with only a hint of brilliant silver-gray in her mane and tail.

Her 6ft 12in athletic equine figure was attired in a coral gold-colored short-sleeve midi length fit and flare dress. On her light blue stunning long and slender mare's bare feet with natural beauty painted with crimson red nail polish were gray heeled sandals with three and three-fourths inch heels.

On top of her head, behind her horn holding her mane, was a jewelled diadem, an ornamental headband and folded on her back were her large bejewelled bio-mechanical gold metal feathered bird wings. This ancient Imperial Alicorn mare was Empress Galaxy Cosmos, the supreme creator of all Imperial Alicorns and supreme ruler of Imperial Alicorn Space plus Justice Great grandmother.

"By the first star! A terran Alicorn mare! How is a terran Alicorn mare able to enter Imperial Alicorn reverie?" Galaxy exclaims as she blinks with surprise and slowly hesitantly approaches the terran Alicorn mare.

"You're Imperial Majesty? I am not Terran Alicorn! I am." Celestia said, fearful as Galaxy reached out and placed her hand on her shoulder.

“By the first star!” Galaxy exclaims as the clothing Celestia was wearing transforms into the uniform of Imperial Alicorn in-training Timekeeper Administrator from the Great Library citadel station went she touches her shoulder.

"I am in training Timekeeper Administrator Celestia Borealis," Celestia said as the breath caught in the Empress’s throat.

"Now I understand why my great-grandson pushed so hard to have me approve protecting of Planet of Equus and those Terran Alicorns that ruled each land. He was protecting his lost mate in training Timekeeper Administrator Celestia Borealis." Galaxy explains as she hugs her great-grandson's missing mate.

"Your Imperial Majesty! What do you mean?" Celestia said, a bit confused.

"What I mean, Miss Borealis, we lost contact with Equus outpost station. We thought the station was destroyed by the inhabitants of the planet of Equus as the whole planet was in a state of turmoil at the time of the landing." Galaxy said straightforwardly as she flipped her palm up toward the ceiling in a casual manner as Celestia's mouth quirks in annoyance. But soon softened, recalling the Imperial Alicorn prime directive.

“Prime Directive code eighty-five: If imperial Alicorn Outpost station doesn’t respond within one hundred space cycles of landing on the hostile planet, it to be considered lost. The high command may try to reestablish contact with the lost station five times! After the fifth attempt, the Empress will send an investigation and retrieval mission to the hostile planet to locate and collect all materials related to the lost mission." Celestia recites as Galaxy nod her head acknowledging.

"Yes, code eighty-five! But went my great-grandson Justice arrived on the planet of Equus. He discovered that the Equus outpost station was intact, with most of the damage contained to the Throne room of the station. He heads to the observatory and finds it fully intact with no sign of Timekeeper Administrator in charge of the station and her foals." Galaxy explains as Celestia's light magenta eyes blink with incredulity.

"So he searched for me, your imperial majesty on the Planet of Equus," Celestia said as she became incurably sad putting her beloved stallion through what she did.

"Yes, Miss Borealis…But that doesn't explain why you are in the Reverie?"Galaxy comments as she looks around the Reverie.

"I believe I intentionally blocked my memories somehow?" Celestia explained as Galaxy grinned at Celestia as she fixed with a smouldering eye toward Galaxy.

"But a child of the first star. An Imperial Alicorn can't block their memories. Without getting violently ill. We Imperial Alicorn have lived for many millenniums; we revere each and every memory that we create in our life, be it good or bad. You being a timekeeper Administrator, can collect other memories for your Epoch. I am surprised you have not gone mad with these many memories you collected." Galaxy explains as Celestia recoil in horror.

'So all my sickness was caused by me? Trying to block my bad memories!’ Celestia thought, realizing as she watched Galaxy look over the black memory portal.

"So, your imperial majesty, It my fault for my sickness? What is this black memory portal?" Celestia asked, worried as Galaxy walked back over to her.

"This black memory portal is a memory you have not come to terms with. To come to terms with this memory, you must use those you love the most to clear it. Or it will haunt you forever.” Galaxy explains as she gestures to Celestia to face it.

Meanwhile, back in the real world at the castle of the royal pony sister at the observatory Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight continue his efforts to figure out why his beloved wife blocked her memories and cut herself off from the Reverie. Before long, his attention is drawn to the click-clacking and squish of heels on the dirt cover two-inch gray tumbled travertine hexagon mosaic floor of the observatory.

"Huh!" Justice exclaims, watching his and Celestia's eldest daughter walk into the observatory as if she is in a deep trance and not in control of her own movement.

“Aurora! Wake up!” Justice exclaims as he gently shakes his eldest daughter awake.

"Huh? What? Father? How did I get here? And what is this?" Aurora asked a bit puzzled as she looked around the imperial Alicorn observatory.

"What??? You have never been to this room?" Justice said, dumbfounded as Aurora nodded her head.

"As for how you got here? My dear daughter, I am hoping you can tell me?" Justice asked Aurora.

"Last thing I remember, father, before waking up with you in front of me. Was hearing my mother calling to me. After that, I remember nothing else." Aurora explains as Justice might have figured out what going on.

“It has to be a female Imperial Alicorn maternal bond with her foals…great grandmother has a theory that it could happen! But could never prove it because all Imperial Alicorns have a connection to each other." Justice explains as his great grandmother's theory is quickly confirmed went their younger daughter and only son arrive under the same trance as their eldest daughter.

"But it looks like my great grandmother's theory has a huge flaw, Aurora." Justice comments, gesturing to the arrival of her aunt Luna, Cousin Cadence and her daughter Flurry's heart and friend Queen Twilight under the same trance as her foals. The only group that didn't arrive in a trance was Sunny and her friends, who followed Twilight from the dig camp went she’s left.

"By my mother's light!" Aurora exclaimed as she, her brother and sister, and her father began waking up the other ponies.

"But anyway, father. What is this place?" Aurora asked as each pony walked about the observatory looking around the room.

“This is a Great Library citadel station collection point…station one thousand five hundred one," Lara explains as she arrives little perplexed with so many terran ponies knowing the location of the hidden Imperial Alicorn outpost.

"Please, your imperial highness, could you explain how these terran ponies? Know the location of this station, one thousand five hundred one?" Lara asked, concerned as her equine face grew chalky.

“I didn't want to tell you until I was convinced, Miss Borealis. But it looks like I have no recourse but to tell you." Justice comments as Lara's eye skeptically toward the Imperial Prince.

"Tell me what, your imperial highness?" Lara said as she weighed his reaction with a critical squint.

"My wife, Princess Celestia Silverlight and my sister-in-law Princess Luna Borealis are your missing foals," Justice said as Lara unleashed great gales of laughter that confused every pony in the observatory.

"Please forgive me, your imperial highness…But I knew that went I first saw Luna come out from behind that building. What I didn't expect was my oldest daughter arriving went she did and saying she is your mate. That only reason I released Miss Sparkle was she fulfilled her word to lead me to my missing foals." Lara explains as the sensation of a trapdoor suddenly opening in Twilight’s belly.

"Plus, I must apologize to your foals…I sense their uncomfortableness with my curiosity toward them, especially your youngest Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight. I never knew that an Imperial Alicorn mare could have a live birth…As we use star nurseries for our offspring's." Lara explains as the royal foals reel with astonishment with their grandmother's comment.

"What in Maretime Bay! Are you talking about star nurseries? Live birth? What are your mare talking about!?" Hitch Trailblazer exclaimed, frustrated as Flurry heart taps her uncle on his shoulder and whispered something into his ear.

"It's fine, Mr. Trailblazer; it something mares only talk about. I don't know what they are talking about either." Justice comments as he smiles like a saint toward Hitch.

“Are you patronizing me, Mr. Silverlight?” Hitch said, suspicious as he did a slow, appraising glance at Justice.

"Of course not! Mr. Trailblazer!" Justice said convincingly as he made an elaborately casual expression that placates Hitch.

"Good! I am the sheriff of Maretime bay, an important pony back home!" Hitch said with a little hint of arrogance.

“Father pleases? You never like anyone being arrogant about law enforcement, and we know you were the very best Royal investigator mother had in ancient Equestria!" Blueberry said proudly as Sunny, Izzy, Pipp and Zip gasped at once upon hearing that Justice was the Royal Investigator for his wife.

(Back in the Reverie)

Celestia feels strangely disembodied in the black memory portal watching the battle between her and her sister from one thousand years ago. Empress Galaxy Cosmos was equally fascinated with the fight but not for the combat. But for what Celestia was holding in her hands, a katana and wakizashi, the standard bladed weapon of the imperial Alicorn race. Both masterwork blades were getting charged not from the battle but Celestia herself.

‘By the first star! No wonder she could maintain the memory block for so long! She unknowingly transferred her memories into her weapons!’ Galaxy thought, watching the battered and beaten Celestia from memory get kicked through a round stained glass window into the throne room of an ancient castle. Before slamming against an odd sculpture of a tree in the center of the room, causing the weapons to fly out of her hands.

"Daughter-in-law listens to me! If you want to clear this memory, find your blades! The truth is I never wanted you to marry my great-grandson! So I approved your mother's request to take you and your sister to the Planet of Equus! Hoping that he would forget you! But he didn't!" Galaxy calls as it snaps Celestia out of her fear and sadness about what she did.

Quickly Celestia gets to her feet and begins searching for her lost blades in the room. She spots them lying on the ground nearby when she touches the handles of her swords. The Celestia from the memory calls on the elements of harmony to banish her sister to her moon.

As the Celestia in the memory breaks down from banishing her sister, the other Celestia floats the two empty scabbards off her waist and places both her blades into the sheaths. She slowly walks toward Empress Galaxy Cosmos; a spasm of irritation crosses her's face.

"You know your imperial majesty; I don't care if you approve of me or not…even on this planet of Equus, no one wanted me to marry Justice. But I did it anyway…I do love that stallion of mine. I also know how much respect he has for you, mother-in-law. So I am never going to tell him what you say. So I suggest you don’t try to disrupt our life together…unless you want to start a civil war within the Royal family…I know that Justice has the full loyalty of the Royal battle fleet.” Celestia said frigidly as an incriminating smile formed on Empress Galaxy Cosmos' snout and slowly transformed into a knowing smile.

‘Hahahahaah…you think it was an accident that your teacher Star swirl the bearded found the Imperial Alicorn outpost base on the Planet of Equus and learn about the Epoch. No, my dear child of the star…no, not at all.' Galaxy thought her supreme goddess features had a remarkably composed and angelic look to them.