Magic Mirror

Twilight sat on the train looking out the window. She stared at the mountains as she passed by. They seemed to go one forever, but she knew they would stop eventually. As they neared Canterlot, she  gazed at the sun, wondering what Celestia wanted to tell her. Then she realized that she shouldn't be staring at the sun. Taking her eyes off the sun, she sank into her seat. "What could be so important that Celestia needed to have me here as soon as I could come?" she whispered to herself.

The train pulled up to the station and Twilight climbed off. She wasn't expecting the Princesses guards to be waiting for her. "Hello Ms. Sparkle. The Princess wanted to you to be safe on the way to the castle, so she sent us to meet you at the station." the guard on the left explained. Twilight nodded. Celestia had always wanted to keep her safe ever since she had become a princess. She didn't many real duties, but Celestia made sure to keep her busy studying. Twilight was smart enough to know that Celestia was only keeping her busy so she wouldn't have the chance to be harmed. She was the Princesses successor, after all. This was the first time in awhile that Celestia had her leave the library to do something of major importance.

The guards led her to the castle. On her way, she pondered the possibilities of what the Princess wanted to tell her, and what she might have to do. She was interrupted by the guard announcing that they had made it to the castle. Twilight walked through the gate to the castle courtyard. She passed by all the other guards, some of which greeted her by calling her Princess Twilight Sparkle. She usually didn't mind it, but coming from a guard was strange and unnerving. She wasn't used to be called a princess, even by guards. And they were CELESTIA'S guards. She didn't have guards of her own. Celestia suggested and insisted she get her own guards, but she refused and said she could handle things on her own. She had managed to do things on her own before becoming a princess, and not much has changed to her. Everypony else treats her differently, even when she tries to tell them not to. It made her sad to think that ponies treated her different, despite the fact that she hasn't really changed all that much. Even her friends sometimes treated her like royalty, and it annoyed her slightly. She didn't have time to think about this, however. She was to busy meeting the princess for an important matter

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Celestia sat in the thrown room waiting for her sister. She sat in silence, but she thought about many things at once. The one thing on her mind was Luna's decision to reveal the mirror to Twilight. Though she didn't agree with the choice. she knew it was the right thing to do. Twilight should know. It was the biggest secret that they kept from the world. The were the only ones who knew about it, and it was a horrible secret to keep. Deep down, Celestia wanted to shout it to the world that the mirror exist. To tell everyone that this horrible thing was real, and that it could be so dangerous. She wanted to destroy it, but Luna would kill her if she did. It was Luna's most valuable possession, and she loved it, despite what it could do. Only she would decide when to destroy it, and that could be thousands of years away. Only telling Twilight could change that. However, Luna had different plans for telling Twilight about the mirror.

Luna sat in her room, thinking about the mirror. It was a nightmare, but she couldn't let it go. She wanted it to be good, but it wasn't. She couldn't deny it, but she couldn't bring herself to destroy it either. It was too dear to her to rid the world of it. Celetsia would never understand why she loved so much, no matter how she explained it. She only wanted Twilight to know the truth about it by experience, not by explanation. Simply telling her about the mirror wouldn't show her what the mirror could do. Not just the bad things, but the good things as well. It could be such an amazing thing if Celestia gave it the chance. She always doubted the power of it, but she could only think of the negative qualities. "I should be going to see my sister soon." she said to herself. And with that, she rose from her seat and walked off to the thrown room.

Celestia continued to wait, wondering when her little sister was going to show up. Then, she came into the thrown room, standing lower than usual. Celestia looked at her sister and knew she was nervous by the way she held herself. "You're worried about telling Twilight, aren't you?" she asked. Luna nodded. She stared at the floor, knowing what she was about to put Twilight through.