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// Chapter 51 
// Story: Looking Glass 
// by Hiver 
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I groaned, slowly blinking my eyes open before quickly squeezing them closed again at the burning bright light.

There was another groan next to me, "...Page, you okay?" Midnight asked.

"...Damn it, what did I say about the landing," I groaned and slowly pushed myself up, carefully opening my eyes against the bright sunlight. We were... I could see Canterlot in the distance, smoke from the chimneys of a town in the distance.

Ponyville.

"We should be in the same spot we were in when I cast the spell," Midnight said and looked around, helping Talon onto his feet, "Talon?"

"I'm good," he said and then looked at her, "did it work?"

Midnight got onto her hooves, lightning her horn and shining it around, "The magical signature matches," she said and looked at me.

"No castle," I said and shrugged, looking at Talon, "Give it a try?"

He nodded and dug into the bag, pulling out a pre-prepared scroll. He held it out and sent it off with a burst of green fire.

He paused for a second before he grinned, "It didn't bounce back!"

Midnight nodded, "Which means there is a Spike at least," she said.

Only minutes later, Talon burped out a large spout of flame before catching a scroll from it, unrolling it. He read for a second as Midnight and I watched before he grinned widely, "We're home! It's Spike and Twilight, they're in Nocturnis. Twilight writes that Luna is still in Nocturnis and will be waiting in the dream realm for you Page."

Home.

I pulled both of them into a tight hug, "Thank you," I mumbled softly against Midnights mane.

She gave me a small squeeze before she smiled, "Sorry it took so long," she said and then let go, "Talon, the second scroll?"

He nodded and sent a new one, this time to Celestia. Midnight looked around, "We should head to the train. Make our way to Canterlot."

"I should meet Luna..." I said hesitantly.

Midnight nodded, "You should," she said and then smiled understandably, "But you can do that at the train or by the train station if we have a wait."

Luna.

I finally nodded, "Okay," I admitted, "that's fair."

"Come on," Midnight said and poked my side with her wing, "I'm going to need to wait for weeks to see Tempest, you can handle twenty minutes more."

"...Okay..." I said again and walked along next to her, Talon walking by her other side.

Talon burped again and caught the incoming scroll before opening it, "It's from Princess Celestia. She's glad we're back and invites us to Canterlot. She says she has sent the guard with a sky carriage to get us."

"Well," I said, "that saves us some time."

Midnight smiled and nodded before she looked at me, "Come on," she said, "let's find a place where you can take a nap."

I gave her a small sheepish grin, "That obvious?"

"A bit, yes," Talon said with a grin.

Midnight led the way over to beneath the shade of a tree, "Go to sleep," she said, "We'll keep an eye out for the carriage. It will take a bit for it to get here anyway."

I gave them a thankful smile before sinking down into the soft grass in the shade, closing my eyes and lighting my horn for a quick sleeping spell.

The dream realm formed around me and I turned to find Luna already there.

Stars shimmered in her mane and she was just...

I met her eyes and didn't say anything, I just walked up to hug her tight. Luna sat down, forelegs and wings slipping around me, her cheek against my mane as I rested my head against her neck.

We just stayed like that for several long moments before I finally looked up at her, "I missed you."

"I missed you as well," she said quietly, "Amber told us what happened, Twilight figured out what it was. We have been working on a way to get you back since."

"I think Midnight had a bit of a leg up on that," I said and stroked her coat softly with my wing, "She had assistance from the mare that made the original spell. But I'll let her explain how they did it as I have no idea," I said and then kissed her softly.

Luna kissed back and then bumped her nose against mine, "Twilight has barely slept without magical help while you were gone. She kept working until Sunset and I pulled her away."

"And you didn't worry?" I asked and looked up into her eyes.

Luna smiled softly and nosed at my ear, "I did. But I know you would come back to us in some way, be it by us finding a way or you finding a way from your side. You are resourceful and you had Midnight with you. They came back with you, was it the wrong world?"

I flicked my ear and then looked up at her, "It was the right world," I said and shifted my wings, "But... they said this was their home now. They wanted to come back."

She pulled me closer, wings softly around me as she held me against her, "Come, let's go to their dreams. Twilight and Sunset will want to welcome you back."

I nodded and held her tighter, "I missed you, My Sky."

"I missed you as well, My Page," Luna murmured softly against my ear.