Plans and Pillow Fights Part 10

The Three mares stood where a castle once stood, it was not long ago that Luna and Celestia had lived there, but NightMare Moon had 'remodeled it'. LightMare Sun, as strong as she was, was not the fastest. NightMare Moon was correct when it came to the weight of the golden armor. With LightMare Sun trailing behind, Auroria worked out the plan in her mind. Celestia, I know you're in there- You too Luna, I know they are taking control of you- ugh, no pony's gonna take that, this plan will flounder like a sinking boat, But her parents were counting on her, they would only assist her if it was needed. Auroria was not the fighting type, she would rather talk 'things out' than attack. Thoughts raced through her head,,What if they find out what i'm doing! what would they do!?! she prepared a shield spell, she did not need to use it however. Both creatures had no intentions of killing her, but that did not make Auroria feel any better inspite of this. Luna paced in circles around the first plane,What should I do? I need to tell somepony what NightMare's planning! She thought of everything StarSwirl had taught her. Only one spell came up, it was powerful but at a high cost, almost 90% of the amount of will Luna could use, after this she would have no more, she would not be able to send out anything else, if Luna used any more than that she ran the risk of destroying her body, possibly even her soul case. Celestia was having the very same problem as of that second also.I need to- but what if- No! no more 'what-ifs' I need to send out this mess age now. Both Luna and Celestia could have given up a long time ago, neither would though. They had promises to keep, both to themselves and to each other, but most of all to Levier. The one that had always been there for them.

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"Ok, who in the hay is Levier? she seems important... no duh" Twilight put her hoof up to her face and slapped herself awake. She had been reading in the dim light of the newly repaired room. She walked over to the kirin that seemed to describe Levier. Horns of a deer, long tail, fur coming from above her deer-like hooves. She examined the pony further, admiring the variety of green there was, but also the flower that was pinned into her hair. It was tropical looking, It was pink with a rim of dark blue with a streak of yellow. Twilight was surprised to see that the artwork was not even faded, not even a nick on the form. The writing started to make more sense, but Twilight could not place her hoof on where it came from. Saddle Arabia? no, The Crystal Empire? no, Griffonia? no, Black Islands? no- YES! Twilight you've done it again! Twilight had heard form Zecora about them, Home to Princess Arcania. She held spells and information few would ever hear about, let alone see. Arcania hid them well, countless advanced spells guarded the information, making it so no entity could even get in. The most mysterious part of the island besides it's obsidius mountains and dark beaches, was the ponies there. They were not rude, but they seemed so quiet. They hardly spoke, unlike most ponies that will start up a conversation with complete strangers, They hid behind cloaks for the most part, They hardly showed their face, at least the mages and such. Other than that the population was mostly unicorns, the occasional earth pony that specializes in potions like Zecora reside there, but other than that the place seemed totally alien, even Arcania was quite secretive. But Twilight had other things to worry about. Hoofsteps came from the hallway,Somepony found me? The tapping stopped and then started again, this time a bit faster, then others joined. A familiar but muffled voice echoed down, It was Pinkie Pie,Darn it Pinkie, does you Pinkie sense have to kick in now? three hooves joined in, then another then another,five ponies,most likely her friends, tapped the stone beneath them, it got louder and louder until it hit Twilight like a rock, Invisibility spell! a short flash followed, and the Purple mare disappeared, at least her image. "Twi you here?" AppleJack poked her head around the gloomy room, Twilight had warmed up the room with her breath, creating a small cloud of mist where the mare was. "Twilight c'mon! we have to find Celestia!" Rainbow Dash flew around, slightly annoyed but mostly concerned. Pinkie Pie waited, closed her eyes and then pointed to the wall where Levier was pictured, "Pinkie Pie Dear, how'd you figure that out" Rarity looked over at the wall to see nothing, "don't yous ee silly, a closed eyes-ear-twitch-itchy-neck-wobbly-legs means an Alicorn's by!" Pinkie Pie hopped after scratching her neck. "Rarity, lantern Spell please?" Rarity horn glowed it's normal blue, and a mare's shadow appeared where none stood. FlutterShy pulled out her feather and tickled Twilight, who lost concentration and broke her spell. Although something was different about her. it was her eyes, they were cat-like, dilating

To the light, Her friends gave her a strange look, and Twilight remembered that she needed to rework her form spell, her soul case started to break through, causing her eyes to show what she looked like in the first plane. "oh, that happens sometimes" she rubbed her eyes and they went back to normal, she shyly grinned at this, "eh, how long have I been in here?" "Five Hours" "Holy smokes! I left Celestia all alone for that long she must be freezing!" Twilight grabbed the blanket FlutterShy was carrying and raced down each hallway, "Princess?" Twilight saw some red liquid that ha traced a ponies steps, she bent done and saw blood, thinking her mentor had gotten hurt during the chase. "Teacher please, I'm sorry, I was wrong- please let me speak-" "GO AWAY" a savage voice hissed from down the hallway, Twilight Trembled, a dark figure crept from it's hiding spot, "I said LEAVE ME ALONE" It was her mentor, her creamy white fur was darkening around the hooves, her mane was beginning to become a crimson, Feathers fell, they burnt as they hit the freezing stone beneath them. The most terrifying feature was her eyes. They glowed a fiery orange that outlined their snake like appearance. A softer,weaker voice came through, "Twilight. . . Run! I- can't hold this- much Longer!" Twilight ran as fast as she could, "Girls! RUN!" They trailed behind her, even Pinkie Ran, normally she would pounce, this time she took it was actually a time to run. Twilight stopped, "the book!" she was stopped bye AppleJack though, "Ar yew CRSASY?!?" "Those are the only books in existence that hold that information, I need to know what happened, It could be our only chance to stop her" "Stowp who?" Applejack lost her footing and let go, Twilight bolted from them, "Don't come after me!" SHe called behind before she ran back into the otherwise silent hallway, AppleJack stopped when Rainbow Dash finally said, "you heard her, we have to get out of here!". Twilight stepped as quietly as she could after realizing that whatever was happening to Celestia made her REALLY not want Twilight around. She crept quietly towards the room that she had ran from moments before. She walked towards the books to hear steps, I told them not to come after me! But they were coming from the hallway in front of her. she channeled her will into her horn which picked up the scorched books. she turned around to find FlutterShy there, In barely a whisper Twilight said "FlutterShy we need to get out of here!" "twilight- your hurt, really badly" "what do you-" FlutterShy put her hoof up to Twilight scarred face, blood running down it,"When did that happen?" Twilight thought about when she approached her teacher, the scream did hurt her ears, but she didn't even notice that somehow it had also gave her a wound. "FlutterShy- we need to go! we'll worry about that later!" FlutterShy and Twilight jumped through the window, Why didn't we just o through here? although there was no time for that, they raced through a patch of shrubbery and then down a hill, well they more tumbled down it rather than ran. After tumbling down the hill and finding their feathers were tarnished, they both ran towards the castle. No pony stopped them, everyone just got out of the way. The throne room was packed reporters and just random ponies were all jammed into the room, only to make way for two bruised mares. Then the questions poured like water,

" Princess Twilight! where's Princess Celestia?"

"Princess Twilight what happened?"

"Princess Twilight what happened to you?"

"Your Highness! do we need the Elements?"

"Miss! what's wrong with you and your friend?"

Ponies repeated each other's questions over and over and over again, until Luna in the Canterlot voice said "ORDER!" The room became so quiet that a feather could fall and anypony would hear it. "We shall clarify your questions as soon as information come sin, until then LEAVE" Only a few advisors and officials remained along with Twilight and FlutterShy. "Twilight your friends are waiting in the Parlor, come along" Luna walked stiffly, but tried to act calm, even though she was nervous inside,Something is wrong, very very wrong Twilight sensed this and became almost as nervous. Her mind wandered on until they reached the parlor. It was warm, a fire place stood neatly in the white walls, while the floor was carpeted in a purple fabric, two couches faced each other with a mahogany table in between. Five ponies wrapped up in blankets sat on them, drinking either coffee or tea. Twilight sat with them without a word while a servant offered her some coffee, she declined and asked for tea and thanked him. As he walked off, FlutterShy spoke, "so, um what should we do?" It took some pondering but eventually AppleJack answered with, "we should probably get some sleep, we should need a lot of rest for when the news ponies come in" after some "mhm'ing' from her fellow friends, Twilight touched the spot where the cut had been, "What the- It's gone?!?" a light Purple scar was all that was left on the mare's face. "how'd that happen?" AppleJack asked in between be strong coffee. "I don't know." an awkward silence filled the room, after a while Pinkie Pie started a pillow fight with Rainbow Dash. After almost four days the girls started to laugh with each other again. Rarity although fainted after getting a better look at Twilight's face when they made their pillow fort. "Man down Man down!" Twilight lifted Rarity onto a couch and then got back to 'business', no one really won, but they did admit Twilight did a good job for being the only one-pony team. Eventually Luna joined in. She had tucked him into bed by them, afterall it was almost ten o'clock. Luna joined Twilight, Rainbow Dash called unfair, but they just laughed it off when Luna replied with, "We hast to worry about your pillow getting impaled by our own horns!" Rarity woke up and joined Rainbow Dash, although she wasn't really needed because FlutterShy was absolutely 'owning' as Luna put it, everyone. Rarity built up the fort while Rainbow Dash and FlutterShy defended her. They were very serious about the pillow fight. After about three hours of Pillow fighting and just plain hanging out, they all fell asleep. After all that, they all somehow managed to have some fun.