It had been four years since Bluebloods trial, and as had become often within the palace these days, Twilight could be found snuggled up against the princess, resting comfortably as Celestia gazed up at the moon. She had been working long and hard during those four years, looking for the rest of the bearers of the elements of harmony while she kept Twilight in good spirits.

She had scoured all parts of Equestia looking for the wielders; for Luna had said they were here, so she didn’t need to worry about her other sibling’s kingdoms…not that they would allow her to look regardless. After many days of fruitless searching in the outer cities, she had finally started looking at the villages closer to Canterlot, and had finally found them, all gathered within the little town of Ponyville.

It hadn’t been hard to find them, after she had seen Twilight use the healing spell; she had gone back over all her old magic, going over spells her mother had taught her to find beings like the elements. At the time she hadn’t known why her mother had insisted on teaching them these things, she never really saw any use for spells like that. But with her sisters warning nagging at the back of her mind, as well as the obvious cracks forming in the invisible prison that surrounded the moon, she was very thankful her mother had taught her those old spells.

After she had found out who they were, she had researched them extensively, from birth records to their current businesses. Each was as she expected a paragon of the element they were meant to wield, right down to how they looked. But certain things had troubled her, namely three of the mares in particular. One had been the pegasus named Rainbow Dash, who had performed a Sonic Rainboom, which she originally had thought just a tick of the light back then. It wasn’t known to ponies at large, but the Sonic Rainboom wasn’t just some stunt that could be pulled off by anypony, a Sonic Rainboom was weaponized harmonic energy, used by alicorns in desperate need when they were fighting enemies who could only be harmed by such energy. To find a young pegasus that could call upon such power without a horn was extraordinary, if a bit worrying to Celestia.

The next mare that worried her was a Miss Pinkamena Diane Pie, or Pinkie Pie as all the residents of Ponyville called her. Out of all of the wielders, she was by far the strangest, seaming to already possess many of the powers of the element of laughter without so much as batting an eyelash to what she was doing, and she had to admit that party cannon was frighteningly familiar to her.

The last pony that worried her was Fluttershy, for out of all the elements, hers was the most dangerous, and it all came back to an old saying her mother had passed on to her. “There are three things all wise mares fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the wrath of a gentle mare.” She had taken those words to heart, especially after she had seen some of the horrible things that had been done by the gentlest of her sisters.

She quickly shook those troubling thoughts away, it wouldn’t do to be thinking about…them at a time like this, especially when it was very likely she would never see any of them besides Luna ever again.

“It’s your fault,” said a voice inside her head, “it’s your fault that they will no longer speak to you.”

“No…no no,” she said, tears welling up as the voices began to hound her more, sounding like her sisters of old.

“You are the reason we severed ties with you!”

“You stole from us, you lied to us!”

“You left us to rot in our misery while you went to play the hero!”

Celestia clutched her head with her hooves in a vain attempt to keep the voices away, her tears flowing ever faster as the last voice rose above the rest.

“You are the reason our fair Luna fell to the Nightmare!”

“SHUT UP!” she roared, the shout startling Twilight from her sleep as the voices faded into darkness.

“Tia what’s wrong?” asked Twilight, nuzzling up close to Celestia as she tried to control her breathing.

After a few calming breaths Celestia looked down, smiling at Twilight through her tears and giving her a reassuring nuzzle. “Just a bad dream my love, now go back to sleep.”

Twilight looked at her for a moment, and then gave a reluctant nod, laying back down as the princess turned once again to the moon. After a few moments she finally turned away, laying her head down beside her mare to sleep.

She would worry about her plans to get her lover to Ponyville in the morning, right now what she needed was rest, and the comforting presence of her Twilight, if only to keep her old demons at bay for one more night.

Author's Note

A short chapter for you guys today, but there really wasn't anything else I could add to this, though I may come back and touch up upon it at a latter date if anything strikes me. As always guys I hope you liked the chapter, and If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to drop them on by, I love hearing from you guys.