Celestia read over the morning news quietly, The Canterlot Gazette was delivered earlier than usual. She skimmed over the front page, and then noticed the date. It was September 27th 1002 C.R.
Hmm, I feel like there’s something important about this date, thought Celestia as she tried to remember.
She soon shrugged it off and continued reading. It seemed Hoity Toity had given Rarity’s new line of dresses a spectacular review, as well as Pinkie Pie’s pastries. Celestia licked her lips, pastries sounded good right about now. Luna was asleep after lowering the moon, so Celestia concluded that sneaking some morning cakes would be a cinch.
Hello, Celestia, did you miss me? said a mellifluous voice.
Celestia jumped, looking around wildly. The voice was so ominously familiar, yet so unrecognizable.
“Who’s there?” she called out.
Silence ensued, she reluctantly shook it off. No sooner had she done this, the voice returned.
Celestia, you really don’t remember me? How rude, I thought you would remember me of all ponies, the voice came much clearer than before.
“WHO ARE YOU? SHOW YOURSELF!” Celestia used the Royal Canterlot Voice, something she hadn’t done in a long time. She knew this wasn’t Discord, the voice was off, but it sounded familiar nonetheless. A sense of fear crept up, but she couldn’t explain why.
Temper, temper, Celestia, you claim to have brought harmony to the land, but you are easily irritable, the voice gave a smooth chuckle, not too much, yet not too little.
“Guards, GAURDS!!” Celestia screamed.
They cannot hear you, my dear… it is only you and I, you see, I was hoping for some alone time to discuss some… important matters, the voice felt so soothing, but Celestia wouldn’t just give in.
Celestia stayed silent for a moment, she was testing her suspicion of the voice.
Oh, so you are finally figuring it out… good. I see what you did there, attempting to prolong your answer to your superior… that lacks respect, and harmony, said the voice, you seem to have grown wise in your years.
Celestia put her hoof down, “Why are you here?”
Here? I’m not truly here… my consciousness reaches over all of Equestria, and beyond that, the voice gave yet another perfect chuckle… too perfect, which confirmed Celestia’s suspicions.
Her eyes widened, “No, but… that means-,”
I’m baaaaaack, sang the voice with perfect tone, Actually, 51.483539619474653047382946738367473829119328% back.
Celestia only remembered one being with such a compulsive urge for perfection like that. Her fear grew exponentially, but she had enough power to say his name.
“Ac-… Accord?” Celestia stuttered.
Brilliant, you remember… on to business-,
“Get out.” Celestia eye’s and horn glowed with power.
How rude… and using the power I gave you to get rid of me? How cliché, Accord would have rolled his eyes if he had them.
“My sister and I earned this power! How dare you-,”
Tsk, tsk, tsk, it is true you earned the power, but your sister did not… you did it for her, Accord voice became darker and sinister… perfectly dark and sinister.
“Wha- I… but you-,” Celestia was dumbstruck.
I do hate interrupting somepony, but you owe me an overdue debt… far overdue, about 1052 years overdue on this very date, Accord got very technical. Celestia had her full realization, today was important after all.
“Overdue for what, Accord?” she called out.
You cheated me, Celestia, the only reason I let it go was because I saw the bigger picture… If the both of you became alicorns, my brother would be usurped much faster than I had hoped. His removal would have freed me, but what I did not know is that we are connected, the voice monolouged, Celestia needed popcorn, but that wasn’t an option, Harmony cannot exist without a pinch of Disharmony, so when you sealed him in stone, my return was halted.
Celestia was confused, “Then why now? And how?”
Recent events have led to this, including Discord’s breakout, which reestablished our connection, I slowly regained my strength, which was halted yet again by his re-imprisonment. But I had already gained enough strength to spread my consciousness, Accord had finished his monologue.
“But what does this have to do with me and Luna?” Celestia asked.
‘Luna and I’, thank you very much… But to answer your grammatically incorrect question, this only has to do with your sister… she must go through the trials once again, without you, Accord said with perfect… you get the point.
“We didn’t even want to help you, you forced us into the trials, and Luna was just a little filly!” Celestia exclaimed loudly.
It is true you didn’t agree with my views on harmony, but I really wanted my brother out of the picture, which you wanted as well, he answered, and the part of Luna being a filly, I don’t see problem with that.
Celestia’s mouth gaped open, “What kind of sick, twisted being are you?! I still have nightmares of the trials! Why would I put Luna through that?!”
Accord would have shrugged, it could have helped her build character, it may even have kept her from giving into jealousy and becoming Nightmare Moon, Accord hit Celestia’s nerve.
Celestia screamed as her mane began to burn with the power of the sun, “GET OUUUTTT!!”
Hmm, looks like I’ve caught you at a bad time, you seem moody… but I’ll give you a final warning, you have until the 1st of November to tell her, otherwise I will, it was good to see you again, Accord’s voice began fading.
“OUT! NOW!” screamed Celestia, again turning to the R.C.V.
But Accord was long gone; she brought her power under control. After she had done this, a set of guards ran in.
“Your Highness, we heard you call, is something wrong?” the Pegasus guard asked.
Celestia was shocked. Had Accord stopped time during their conversation? Had he already gained enough strength for that kind of magic? This troubled her greatly.
“No,” she responded, “Nothing at all, but can you check up on Luna for me?”
The guards bowed, “Yes, Princess.”
The guards left, leaving Celestia alone with her thoughts. She thought of the date again, September 27th; she had until the 1st of November. 34 days, that was enough time, right? She didn’t know much about Accord, except for when she had stumbled into his prison along with filly Luna. The trials scared her, she shouldn’t have been, but she was.
The Trials of an Alicorn were not to be trifled with.
A/N: Hello Everybrony… and pegasister… and pegasisters who prefer to be called a brony. Yes, I rewrote the fanfic, I got huge amounts of dislikes and I was depressed for a while. But I got my act together, so here you go. Enjoy it…
Edit one: I fixed the whole timeline thing, 1052 years ago thing is basically giving time for the two sisters to rule together but also seal away all the baddies... you'll see my logic (hopefully) because the reason Discord's sealing was broken was the CMC caused a ruckus, I'm not blaming them. Also the disappearance of the Crystal Empire was possibly only some time before Luna became Nightmare Moon. And the reason she broke out after a thousand years was because "the stars aided in her escape".