As the sunlight slowly trickled into Luna and Twilights room, Luna slowly opened her eyes. She got up and went into the bathroom to brush her teeth.

"Hngh...hngh. Oh yeah, I'm still a kid." She walked into the bedroom and got a stool out, then she proceeded to brush her teeth. But when she looked into the mirror, something was........different. She was......... orange now.

"AAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

"(yawn) What is it....ooohhhh." Twilight tried not to laugh at this new predicament.

"Where.......is........Tesla!!"

While this was happening, Tesla had been shocked out of bed from that scream. 'Greeeeaaat, what now.' Thought Tesla. He decided to go check out what happened, but when he got there, he..........

"Wow Lula. What are you, a chameleon now!" Tesla laughed.

" This isn't funny Tesla. And I told you to stop calling me THAT!"

While they were arguing, they hadn't noticed that a small crowd had gathered outside in the hall. And sooner or later the conductor came by.

"Is everything all right in there?"

"Oh crap, the conductor. You two stay here." Tesla went over to the door and tried to think of a lie.

" I ask again, is everything all ri-"

" hhhello sir! Isn't it a great morning!" Tesla tried to hold back his nervousness.

" Is everything all right in there sir."

"Why of course it is! Why wouldn't it be?"

"Because about everypony on the train heard a scream coming from this room."

" Oh that! That was uuhhh......my little sister. She had a bad dream, so I came over from my room as fast as I could. So there's no need for anymore attention."

" Okay then. If you need anything, just call for one of us."

"Okay we will." After Tesla closed the door, he could hear the group outside slowly disperse. And after all was quiet, Tesla went back to the current issue.

"How did this happen!" Luna couldn't even comprehend her own anger.

"Must be a side effect from the age spell and the masquerade spell."

'What do you mean 'side effect'?!"

" This happens sometimes when multiple spells are cast on one pony. At least it's not that bad."

"Not that bad. Not that BAD! I'm orange!"

"Maybe I could try a fix everything spell Tesla." Twilight asked.

" That wouldn't be a good idea."

"Why not?"

Tesla gave Twilight a disapproving stare.

"Sometimes trying a fix everything spell can cause....horrible side effects."

"What do you mean 'side effects'?"

"Sometimes the affected pony can........combust."

"Wait........what!!"

"Are you saying I could explode!?!?"

Twilight after hearing this, slowly moved away from Luna in fear. Even during all this arguing, the trio failed to notice they were in Vanhoover.

"Attention all passengers. We have reached our destination. Everypony disembark." A passing conductor yelled down the hall.

"Oh, would you look at the time. Let's get off the train."

"Oh no, not until you fix what you did to me imme-"

"sedatos esse!"

Suddenly Luna couldn't talk. Even though she was saying the words, there wasn't any sound. Twilight instead interpreted for her.

"What did you do to her?!"

"I cast a muting spell so she could listen. Look Lula, you need to calm down or we'll get caught. You can worry about your appearance later, but right now we need to look for a place near the museum. After we get off this train, then I'll restore your voice. Is it a deal.

Luna thought for a moment and nodded.

"Good, now put your coat on and hide behind whenever somepony talks to you."

Lunas eyebrow went up in confusion.

"Just trust me on this one, okay?"

Luna gave Tesla a confused, but assured look.

Vanhoover

After getting off the train, the trio walked around Vanhoover looking for an apartment. After a while, Twilight got curious about the ball.

" Hey Tesla, how are you gonna get information out of anyone at the ball, you aren't exactly in the military you know."

" All you need is the right clothes and next thing you know, your buddies with everypony you meet."

" What do you think you, Luna?"

Luna gave them a non verbal, but frustrated, sigh. Tesla wondered why she hadn't given an answer, but then he remembered why.

" Oh, sorry about that Lula. I forgot about the 'no voice' thing, here you go. Proferet oratio."

" Yeah, thanks for forgetting about me. Anyway, I know of an apartment not too far from the ball. I saw it last time my sister and I were here."

" That's good. Hey Twilight, could you go get an apartment for us. Lula and I are gonna go check out the museum."

Tesla handed Twilight a small bag of coins. After the three departed, Luna got a little curious about the museum as they walked, and decided to ask.

" I was wondering, why the museum?"

" You remember that guy Leoneighdes Patton? If we can get his armor, I know of a spell that can bring back some of the knowledge of the previous owner. If I can do that, then we at least have a small advantage against your sister."

" Then why not just take his friends armor with us?"

Tesla let out a frustrated sigh.

" First of all, you and Twilight already have barely enough time to carry out one set of armor, let alone three sets. And second of all, this spell needs a lot of concentration, and when cast, needs years of preparation to bring back some of the previous owners attributes. and even then, the armor becomes twice as heavy."

When they approached the museum, Tesla handed the ticket holder enough coins for two tickets, went inside, and continued talking while walking.

" Even then, the armor has a consequence. The wearer gets extremely tired."

" Oh, I see. All you need us for then is for the help."

Luna felt disappointed at this.

" Look, Luna. both you and Twilight are very important right now. Word'll get out that you and Twilight are the good guys in all of this. And after the dust from the battle to come clears, Equestria will need a leader. And that leader, is you."

Luna felt comforted by this. She even felt a little happy.

"Looks like we're hear, Tesla. What should we do?"

Both of them were met by a large room adorned with pieces of weapons and personal items from Leoneighdes. And in the center of the room was a full set of armor.

" You go ask that curator how they protect all their pieces. I'm gonna go look around."

Luna did what she was told, while Tesla went to go do something.

" Hey mister?"

Luna asked in the most innocent tone she could think of.

" Yes? What is it you need little foal?"

" I was wondering, how do you protect all you the stuff in here."

" Why, we use a combination of locks and magic to protect every single piece of history in here."

" Why not use more to protect Leoneighdes and his friends armor. They did protect Equestria from the griffins."

" You know about the griffin-Equestrian war?"

" Know about it? I've practically studied nothing but it."

As the conversation continued, the curator was astounded by how much this little foal knew about history. Even he didn't know as much as the foal. After a while, Tesla pulled Luna aside and told her something.

" Get ready to run."

" But why should I do th-"

" Look everypony, Discords back! Everypony run!"

Everypony went into a panic, and started to run in all of directions. Both Luna and Tesla went straight to the door, and didn't stop till they got to the apartment.

inside the apartment

When they got back to the apartment, they were met with Twilight trying to clean up. From what they could tell, a tornado, tsunami, and hurricane, had been through the apartment earlier. When Twilight noticed that they were back, she stopped to greet them, but saw that they were tired.

" Why are you two breathing heavily?"

Luna answered in between breaths.

" Ask.........him."

" What happened Tesla?"

Tesla looked at the couch and went to go sit down. Once he got comfortable, he told her the reason why.

" I had asked Lula to distract a curator for me so I could 'borrow' some clothes from them. Oh yeah, I also yelled Discord so nopony would notice us."

" Oh, then that makes perfect...........wait, you yelled Discord at the museum and stole!?"

" Hey, we're in the middle of a war here. It really doesn't matter if I stole from the museum, and isn't that our plan already? I even made sure the suit was as close to the current uniform as possible."

" I know that's been our plan, but there's gonna be more security at night now!"

Twilight looked like she was about to explode with frustration.

" Don't worry, all the security in the city will be guarding the ball. One of Equestrias generals will be there. It'll be a cakewalk."

Twilight felt assured at this. But she did still feel a little nervous about all of this. Even Luna and Tesla felt as though a feeling of anxiousness hung in the room.

" All we need to do now is wait you two." Tesla tried to reassure them.

Three days later

Tesla looked at the Luna and Twilight, all three feeling ready for their tasks. By now, Luna had turned from orange to white, then to purple.

" You two ready?"

" I think so, are you ready Twilight Sparkle?" Luna looked up at Twilight.

" as ready as I'll ever be. We should get ready and on our way soon. The ball will start in ten minutes."

Tesla saw that Luna looked a little sad.

" what's wrong, Lula?"

" Nothing, really. I'm just a little nervous."

" Hmmmm......" Tesla once again scratched his chin in concentration.

" Tesla, what are you thinking?"

" Hah! I got it!" Tesla walked over to Luna and started casting a new spell. " Educ tuum verum sui!"

And from purple, Luna returned to her normal self, minus the age of course.

" Wow! I'm back to normal!"

" Almost normal. I'll reverse your age later. It'll give you two an extra advantage. All you two need to do mow is get that set of armor."

" But what if somepony sees us.?"

" Let me take care of that. tamquam umbra, et tacebit."

Both Twilight and Luna suddenly disappeared.

" There you go. I cast a spell of shadows on the both of you. Only the caster and those affected are able to see each other. Off you two go, we have jobs to do."

Author's Note

If your wondering what language I've been using for the spells, it's latin.