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// A Talk with (the) Princess Celestia 
// Story: A Day in the Life of Flash Sentry 
// by Silver Inkwell 
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He walked over to the front of the room where Princess Celestia stood looking over the party to make sure it stayed safe and fun, she wore a fake smile on her face as she greeted the guests, and Flash knew what she was sad about.

Her sister, Luna, Princess of the Night, of the darkness, dreams, and shadows, still had not been found, and every pony in Equestria was looking for her.

“Princess Celestia,” Flash said, “Can I have a word with you in private?”

“Of course, Flash Sentry, I can spare you one moment of my time.”

“Princess, are you sure that you can go through with this event?”

“I must, I have to, for the good of all of the ponies of Equestria.”

“But this just doesn’t feel right, doing it without Princess Luna.”

“It does not matter how I or you or any pony else feels, but I still must do this, but I sense that you have more to talk to me about, or so I think.”

“That is correct; do you think that… he will show up… here and now?”

“I do not know if he will show, I pray and hope that he does not, but if he does, that is why me and Twilight are here, so that we have a chance to stop him.”

“Good then, but there is one more last thing that I must ask you, for I am very confuse about it, can you tell me why is Discord here at this party?”

“Because I invited him, and he could help us stop him, he is after all the master of chaos, and he has a power and strength that we do not know about, and one hopefully that he does not know about, I hope and pray he does not know about it, if he does, then there is no hope for us to defeat him at all.

But I hope and pray that it does not come to using Discord against our enemy.

I still do not trust Discord, but he may be our only weapon, tool, and hope to use against our enemy but as I said, I hope and pray that it may never come to that. I am also afraid that I have run out of ideas and options against our enemy, he is too powerful and strong, the only way that we stand a chance against him is if we strike back with the same deadly speed and force he does.

I would rather not use any force against him, but he is making me do it.”

“But how can we defeat him, how can you defeat him? His power, his strength, his knowledge, even you say that you have not seen anything like it, and he trapped and defeated your sister Luna, what hope do we have against him?”

“We only have the hope, faith, and prayers of every pony in Equestria there is.

And we also have Discord, and me, and you, and every pony there is in the land of Equestria, I am sure that they would all be ready and willing to die in order to protect the home they know and love and care for so much.

But I will not ask that of you or any pony else unless it comes to that, I hope and pray that I does not, but life is uncertain with many ends to the pathway that you take, and the journey is long and hard, and different for all.”

“What does that mean?” he asked, and she merely just said, “You’ll see.”

With that said Princess Celestia went off all alone and Flash wandered off all alone with no one else, no other words needed to be spoken by either of them (Although he did wish that she could explain her riddle that she said to him).