Twilight's eyes shot open as she woke to the sound of her alarm. Stifling a yawn she slowly pushed the covers off her body and removed herself from the bed. Twilight's horn flashed to life as she called upon her magic to make her bed. Drearily she made her way to the dresser. Twilight looked at her reflected image in the mirror on her dresser; Paying little attention to the scar just above her snout her eyes shifted to her mane. Twilight levitated a brush with magic from atop her dresser and began to brush her mane and tail. "I really need to make a better sleep schedule." She said to herself sheepishly.
Feeling more awake after brushing herself Twilight let out a deep breath before troting to the door. She opened it with her magic and headed out.
Two months ago she had moved into the Canterlot castle. It did take some time getting use to but now she felt completely at home. Twilight had already eaten and showered before her post-dawn nap three hours ago, so there was no need to do those things again. "Time to head to the throne room." she said to nopony in particular. Troting along the marble floor she observered her surrondings. There wasn't much to look at though. The hallway consisted of mostly paintings, niches and the occasional door. Finally after troting through a few more hallways she made it to the one containing the door to the throne room.
As she continued her way to the throne room she looked out the windows as she pasted by them. Twilight could see a good portion of the city. Even from far away she could see damaged or collapsed roofs. A few biuldings had even been reduced to piles of rubble while others had holes in their walls. It was a miracle that Canterlot wasn't as badly damaged as other locations. Twilight had come up with a few theroies as to why but so for she didn't have the time to research them.
Twilight halted in front of the double door leading into the throne room. Letting out a sigh she pushed the doors opened. Besides the two unicorn guards standing besides the throne no ponyelse was there. At her appearance the guards bowed quickly before returning to their previous posture.
Twilight sliently made her way to the throne. Once she was right on top of it she turned around and sat down. Her work day was about to begin.
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Dear Applejack, Fluttershy, PInkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Rarity
I'm Sorry I haven't come by to see you girls. I have so much business to take care of here in Canterlot that I can't find the time to do so. This is also the reason why I am writing one letter to all of you instead of writing to you girls individually. I hope you don't mind me doing that. I'm doing fine and since everypony is working together things are going smoother then I calculated. Now that I think of it just writing a vague descrption on how i'm doing isn't really enough. Let me tell you girls about everything thats happening in Canterlot. I guess the best place to start would be some the general business that being dealt with now.
Repairs on Canterlot castle have begun. Most of the broken window have been replaced and the work on filling in the holes are going along nicely. Thanks to the griffins, minotaurs and everypony else the rebuilding process has sped up. The rest of Canterlot is being repair as well but the damage to the city is more extensive. Don't worry though Ponyville and the other towns and cities are getting the supplies they need to rebuild as well.
Sadly not everything is going well for our allies. Besides the Zerbra's and Sadddle Arabia governments all of our allies governing structures are a mess. It wasn't a problem till now because they were acting under martial law. Now that the war is over they no longer want to be ruled by the military. Our allies need to rebuild their goverment structure and I fear it will take some time to do so. The condition of their homelands also mean that they will be staying here in Equestria for a while.
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A knock at the door casued Twilight to stop writing. She lifted her head from it's downward cast positon. Again there was a knock on the door but this time a familiar voice seeps through the moveable barrier. "Twilight are you in there it's your loveable assistant Spike." The deep voice called out.
Twilight let a smile form on her face. Spike was no longer her assisrant but he continued to call himself that. Twilight could only guess that he did so to keep an air of normalcy between the two of them. "You can come in Spike, the door is unlocked." Twilight siad as she turned to face her incoming visiter. THe door opened and the purple and green drake stepped inside.
Spike had grown over the years. He was now a head taller then Twilight. Two wings protruded from his back folded up so they wouldn't hit anything. Along with all the changes of his features due to growth there was one that was not natural. Around his neck he wore an amulet with a green and yellowish-green center piece. The cord that held the amulet around his neck was divided into segmeant. The purpose of such a design was to allow it to stretch when needed.
"Hey Twilight what'cha doing." Spiked asked looking over Twilight at the letter.
'Oh I had some free time so i'm writing a letter to everypony...by the way I thought you were heading to the dragon frontier today." She said tilting her head.
"I still am...but what kind of gentledrake would I be if I left without saying goodbye to everypony." Spike said with a bow.
Twilight let out a small giggle "You have a point there." she smiled at Spike. The two stepped closer and embraced each other in heartfelt hug.
"If you ever need me just seen me a letter and I'll come flying back" Spike whispered in her ear. The two broke their hug. Twilight gave Spike a curt nod before he spoke again. "Why not see me off...unless you have other plans"
"I have a meeting soon but I'm sure I can spare a few mintues for my loveable assistant" Twililght said jokingly.
It took any a few mintues to reach the castle courtyard. The area was clear of debris or any other objects for that matter. Twilight stopped troting while Spike continued to walk farther into the clearing. He turned his head back and gave Twiling a sad smile. Without waiting for Twilight to respond he turned his head to the sky. Holding up a claw to the amulet he grabbed it and began to squeeze. A white light slowly engulfed the young dragon before expanding. As fast as it happened it was over and in place of Spike's young dragon body stood an adult purple and green dragon. His wings extended outword and started to flap. Each flap gave the dragon momentum to raise higher into the air. Once he was a good distance from the ground he took of into the blue sky.
Twilight stood in her spot for several minutes watching Spike disappear from sight. "Stay safe Spike" she said quitely before heading off to the meeting.
