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// Not-so-mean 
// Story: The Prince Returns 
// by Shadowslash101 
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Chapter 16


Not-so-mean

“If you were given one chance to go back in any part of your life, where would you go, Big Mac?” Turnip Top asked his friend curious. It was mid-day, and guarding the princess is hard work for these two friends as they guard the front door of Celestia’s room. Big Macintosh began to think about that question for some time.
“I would go to the day when the class went to Hearth Warming’s Eve play in Canterlot when I was seven.” Big Mac answered finally. 
“Why would you do that?” Turnip asked him curious.
“To stop me from embarrassing myself before the show started.” The big Earth Pony explained; making AC even more curious.
“What happened?” Before Macintosh could answer, Celestia opened her door and popped her head out.
“Excuse me.” She grabbed their attention. “But I need to use the restroom.” She whispered to them both. 
“Okay, Princess!” AC shouted gladly as he let the princess out. “Follow us to the restroom!”
“Sh!” Celestia raised a hoof to her mouth, and then chuckled. “We don’t need to let all of Equestria know.”
“Oh, sorry.” The Earth Pony apologized. 
“It’s quite alright.” Celestia forgave the bucktoothed stallion. Turnip Top and Big Mac lead Celestia through the hallway to the restroom. On the way, they bumped into Fancypants; who was quite curious on why they were letting the princess out. “Turnip Top and Big Macintosh. Why are you letting Her Majesty out of her room?” Turnip Top breathed in real deep. “Answer without announcing it everypony in the world.” AC then whispered the reason into Fancypants’ ear. “Oh, you don’t say. Well, don’t let me stop you. Continue.” The Rich Stallion stepped to the side to allow them to pass. 
“Thank you, Fancypants.” Celestia thanked him as they continued down the hallway. Soon, they found the restroom and Celestia entered it. “I won’t be long, Gentle Colts.” She closed the door with her magic. 
“Say, Big Mac.” AC grabbed his friend’s attention. 
“Eeyep.” Big Macintosh replied.
“Why do we call it the ‘restroom’ anyway?” He asked; making the big stallion think for a moment. He shrugs. Inside, Celestia actually was not using the restroom.  Instead, the Princess of the Sun used her magic to activate a secret passage behind the mirror and sink that would lead into the hallway on the other side. As she exited the restroom, she closed the passage and walked into the hallway. A few soldiers were walking through the hallway having a conversation and did not notice Celestia ahead of them. Not wanting to find out what would happen if she was caught snooping about, Celestia hid behind a column. The stallion passed her and they didn’t even notice her as they walked by. When they left, she walked out into hallway and tried to figure out where she was exactly. “I’m in the North Wing. Star Swirl the Bearded’s Wing is located in the west.” Celestia said to herself thoughtfully. “This should be interesting.”
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“Ar! I am Captain Fang Scar of the seven seas!” An Earth Pony stallion shouted out to them all. “Y’all are askin’ for punishment if you don’t surrender now, and give your treasures to us!” All the other pirates at the edges of their ship’s railing; slashing and clanging their swords together as they all shout yell out their battle cries. Fluttershy was shaking in her ponyshoes as she hid herself right behind Helpful for cover. 
“Not this Joker again.” Slipknot sighed; making Helpful and his friends curious. 
“What do you mean by that, Slipknot?” Applejack asked him curious.
“Fang Scar is only the most infamous pirates in the entire ocean.” Slipknot answered facehoofing himself. “He never gets what he wants.”
“Ar! I heard that, you Scurvy Dog, and now I’m blowing your ship to Kingdom Kong!” Fang Scar growled at them. “Fire!” The ship’s cannons fired at the Tide Churner and they blasted straight into the ship; leaving very deep holes inside. One almost hit John, and Rarity almost had a heart attack it was so close. She sighed of relief as she found no cracks on the Wind Emerald. “What’s going on out there?” She shouted bewildered. 
“Return fire!” Luckyshoes order with great force in his serious voice. The crew immediately fired off their cannons straight into the opposing ship. 
“Attack! Board their vessel!” Fang Scar ordered toward his crew; who were waiting just for that. Earth Pony Pirates used ropes to swing into the vessel; Unicorns teleported aboard, and Pegasi flew aboard themselves. Each was equipped with a sword, or a dangerous weapon. One Unicorn Pirate threw a hatchet, but missed Rainbow Dash; who noticed. “Hey! That’s playing dirty!” She shouted at the Pirate aggravated. She head-butted the Unicorn off the railing and he hit water with a large slash. “Ha! He didn’t even stand a chance.” Dashie turned around to find the same Unicorn Pirate with a very irritated expression, and he punched Dash in the gut, and as she hugged herself in pain, he threw her off, but then she flew back from the water. “Now you’ve crossed the line!” She exclaimed in intense anger as she tackled him into the floor. As they continued to fight, Slipknot had locked Twilight and the others inside the Captain’s Cabin to keep them safe. He blocked a slash from one of the Pirates and he kicked him away from the door as he continued his swordplay. Helpful tackled Slipknot’s attacker into a wall. “Thanks, Helpful.” Slipknot thanked him as he tossed him a sword. 
“No problem.” Helpful assured as he caught the weapon, but then he spotted the cannons firing again from the opposing ship. Instantly his instincts took over and the black tip on his wings glowed bright red light which surprised Slipknot and Helpful flew off from where he stood to in-between the ships blocking all the cannonballs from hitting it in only a blink of an eye. The cannons fired again, and Helpful’s wings then glow bright purple light. The cannonballs all stopped in mid-air around him and the Tan Pegasus focused them to fly right into the opposing ship. The cannons fired again, but Helpful’s wings glowed a bright cyan color and everything around him stopped, like time froze around him. Helpful the realized what was happening and he was astonished on what he did. “Whoa.” Helpful exclaimed in astonishment. “Did I do all that?” His wings stopped glowing and everything returned to motion. He dodged a cannonball that missed the Tide Churner. Luckyshoes and Fang Scar were fighting each other as Calm Water continued his steering through the dense fog. “You will not take over this ship, Fang Scar!” Luckyshoes growled as he blocked another slash. 
“Well, today I’m feeling awfully lucky, so I’m not just gonna let you keep on when I’m in this much of a good mood.” Fang replied with an obviously devilish smile, but then his crew began abandoning their ship for it was sinking from a large rock in the water sticking out; his smile turned to shock and fear. “Not again.” But then Luckyshoes knocked the Earth Pony into unconsciousness; blacking out everything. 
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The two guards minded their own business as they pass by a torch stand with rainbow colored flames? It Celestia hiding behind it as the guards continued their patrol around the area. As they left, Celestia walked out slowly and entered into Star Swirl the Bearded’s Wing. She opened the secret chamber and closed it behind her. “Polaris.” She spoke to the Aquamarine on the shelf. “I need to speak with you.” The Aquamarine shone brightly and Polaris appeared before Celestia with a very glad smile. 
“Yes, Your Majesty.” Polaris bowed to her humbly. “How may I be of assistance?”
“I need to understand Armageddon’s Prophecy.” Celestia replied with a comforting smile, but Polaris stared at her a little scared and shocked. That made Celestia a little nervous. “Is there something wrong?” The Star then shook himself to reality. 
“Huh? Oh, no, Your Majesty.” He answered; making Celestia sigh of relief. “I will gladly show you my history.”
“Wait. Show?” Celestia tried to clarify, but then everything around them changed into a huge vast emptiness. Before them was a huge world that looked like hers. It was very beautiful to see such a large planet in space again, because of Luna taking her to see the world from the moon. The moon was there like she knew it always would be. “Remember, Celestia, this is just an illusion, and nopony can see, or hear you.” Polaris explained.
“Where are we?”
“When is more like it. We are thousands of years in the past when the earth was first made.” Polaris explained with a still serious expression. “You may find some things shocking to you, Your Majesty.”
“If I need to understand what happened, then I must experience this.” She insisted the Star.
“Very well…”
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Water slashed onto the Pirate Captain, making him wake to find himself tied up to the mast with the rest of his surviving crewmates. “Ar! You won’t be able to keep us tied up forever! Yar!” He warned them with a very angry expression. Helpful could now get a good look at Fang Scar now. The Pirate’s coat was a dark green, and his mane was also a dark red. His cutie mark was only a small bag of gold. He wore a big hat on the top of his head with a big blue feather sticking out. “Cut the act, Fang Scar!” Slipknot ordered with a serious expression. “You never was a pirate captain and none of your crew are pirates anyway, and you could never get a ship, or even to slightest gold coin from a foal’s wallet. Just give up now.” The Pirate just sighed as his eyes began to fill up with tears. 
“It’s true! I could never be a good pirate!” He cried so loudly that the rest of crew cried with him. “I can’t fight, can’t pillage, and I can’t even tie a single rope to the mast. I’m worst pirate ever!” He cried even louder; making Luckyshoes’ crew and his guests a little uncomfortable. 
“Geez, Louise. These guys are even softer than pillows.” Sunny whispered to Helpful beside her a bit embarrassed to watch prates cry.
“Yeah.” Helpful replied thoughtfully.
“It’s just not in my blood to do bad.” Fang Scar sniffed. 
“Then why are you a Pirate?” Twilight asked the captain curious.
“Because I wanted to make my daddy proud of me. He was the most notorious pirate that ever sailed the ocean, but he only favored my brother more than me.” Fang Scar sighed sadly as he continued his story. “I became a pirate and tried my best to plunder out every single ship in the ocean, but I failed every time, and my dad only laughed and laughed at me more and more. I was just a clown to him, and he said I would never amount to anything.” Fang Scar cried again as his crew all agreed with his story.
“I never wanted to be a pirate.” One of his crew spook up bravely. “I always wanted to be florist.” Sunny just stared at him with a confused look. 
“I never wanted to be a pirate neither.” Said another. “I only wanted to be a weather pony!” As the remaining not-so-mean pirates admitted themselves not being pirates and explained what they only wanted to do in life, Sunny just stared surprised and confused. “And what did you want to be?” Rainbow Dash asked the unicorn curious.
“I only wanted to be a Dentist.” The Unicorn explained with a smile at Dashie, but she stared at him confused. 
“O-Okay…” 
“So, I guess this is the end of all you crimes, eh, Fang Scar?” Luckyshoes asked him with a trusting smile. 
“Yes, sir, but I still need to make my father proud of me for doing something right.” Fang Scar replied as Rainbow untied them all from the mast.
“Well, uh...” Rarity spook up, flicking her hair and looking away as Luckyshoes and Fang Scar looked at her curious.
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Inside the Chamber of the Immortal Sorcerer, Magi has been practicing a spell he has been perfecting for quite a long time. The Old Unicorn Stallion stood in front of a stone he settled at the center of the chamber, and he concentrated deeply onto it to where he could see the atoms and molecules inside of the microscopic exterior. He concentrated even harder and he began to start deep breathing as he used his magic to move atoms and molecules and recreate them into a different combination; thus turning the rock into something completely different. This process had to be done extremely slowly and carefully; if he made two incompatible atoms collide, he would face an explosion. He carefully moved the atoms into a new position, and he made another molecule inside. He breathed in deeply again and he created another molecule. One by one, Magi carefully constructed each molecule inside the stone. After long periods of time, the stone soon was turned to a crystalline rock, but it was only being done part by part though. Magi had now carefully constructed another molecule, and he put it into the others. Now he was getting tired and his old age was getting to him, but he had to continue, or the stone will explode, and it becomes quite the nescience to clean up the entire chamber again, and starting over with a different stone. His focus became a bit blurry, but he put together the molecule carefully, and he readied the last atom to be attached along with it, he accidently sneezed and the atom hit a different molecule, thus making the stone explode, but Magi protected himself and one half of the chamber with a force field that held the explosion inside. He sighed disappointed as the smoke cleared on the other side. He let the force field down and fixed the damage with his magic. “Another failure.” Magi said to himself. “I need to be more careful next time.” As he finished, he wrote into his journal on what he had experienced in his practice and he closed it away. As he looked out the window of his chamber, he could see the view of the sea before him, but it was occluded by the fog that we couldn’t see anything. He walked over to a crystal ball in his chamber and activated it with his magic. “Come hither, Gemini.” He beckoned as Gemini appeared before him he had green eyes.
“Magi of the Seventh Chain.” Gemini greeted warmly. “My, haven’t we grown old?”
“Spare me the jokes today, I would like to see how the adventures are proceeding.” Magi explained with a serious look.
“Oh, Magi. I forget how grim you can be when it comes to life or death events in this world.” Gemini started to float around Magi, getting comfortable in the air. 
“You know why, Gemini. You’ve watched as Envious and his Minions plagued the world. You’ve watched in helplessness as they torture the lives of thousands.” Gemini gave an expression of thought as his eyes turned to a blue color. “Do you really want to joke about that?” The Star Symbol stopped floating around and stood beside Magi saddened by what he said, and he shook his head.
“But don’t you have some form of magic to see them on you own?” Gemini asked the Sorcerer curious and confused. 
“I would rather see them with an old friend.” Magi explained with a caring smile. Gemini’s eyes turned yellow; which meant he was excited, and he made an illusion before Magi. In his illusion, Magi could see the pirates shaking hoofs with Luckyshoes’ crew as they say their good byes. Behind the pirates was a huge Wind Emerald, and behind the others was Rarity softly crying as Spike tried to comfort her. “As you can see here, Rarity has given her giant Wind Emerald, she named: ‘John’, to some now-quitting pirates whose captain need it to impress his father.” Gemini explained the illusion, but before he could continue. Magi laughed very loudly and cheerfully.
“Just like Serenity when she would receive something humongous and beautiful, she’d name it something like ‘Mickey’ or ‘Fred.’” Magi explain to the Star Symbol; who then understood. 
“Anyway, they have found four Elements of Harmony and are approaching Mount Joysong as we speak.” Gemini explained as he stopped his illusion. 
“Splendid.” Magi clapped excited that this catastrophe was coming to an end soon. “Now, I just need to wait for them to come inside.”
“But they need all six Elements.” Gemini protested.
“That won’t be a problem.” Magi explained knowing that everything was going as he had planned for it to be done. Gemini had always known Magi for his great knowledge and wisdom, and he trusted him through and through no matter what ever happened in the past. There was something that Magi saw in the future that he couldn’t. “Very well, Magi.” Gemini bowed as he left. “It’s good to have you back.” Once Gemini entered his crystal sanctuary, Magi was all alone, but that did not bother him.
“Good to be back.” Magi said to himself.
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Celestia was very shocked and horrified by what she had experienced, but she understood it all once Polaris returned them to the chamber. The princess had seen very beautiful things gone horribly wrong, and the most terrifying times of her race’s history, but in the end, it all made sense. She grabbed back her wits, her sanity, and stood up from the floor to face Polaris. “I am sorry if what you saw scared you…” Polaris apologized to her sadly. 
“There is no need for you to apologize to me.” Celestia reasoned kindly. “You were only doing as you were told, Polaris.” The Star smiled at Celestia sweetly, but then he looked up the murals above them.
“I leave you with warning, Your Highness.” Polaris explained seriously. “The three murals you see are prophecies, one is when a Unicorn will fight a sky beast able consume lands in moments, the next is when four heroes will fight the Lord of the Titans and he armies with him, and the last is when Armageddon will be freed from his cell, and he will then consume this world, but Prince Joyful and Seven Spirits of Harmony will defeat such an entity.”
“Seven?” Celestia exclaimed in confusion. “But I thought there were six.” Polaris only smirked playfully with Celestia.
“The Seventh Element can be only found within a realm of light and a realm of darkness; while the Seventh Spirit can found as a Prince of Gems.” Before Celestia could comprehend this, Polaris disappeared into the Aquamarine. Celestia took this time to comprehend what has happened so far. She now had to expect three more travesties in the future. “Looks like a lot to look forward to.” Celestia told herself as she left the secret chamber, and remembered leaving AC Turnip Top and Big Macintosh guarding the restroom door, and she could not leave them there thinking that she was still inside. So she left back into the restroom, through the secret way, and slowly opened the entrance of the restroom. She found Big Mac and AC snoring away. They were very loyal guards and they have not left even while she said she wouldn’t be gone long, but she left them for several hours maybe even three quarters of a day. Feeling bad for tricking them like this, Celestia stood out from restroom stood between the two sleeping, and then she kissed them both on their foreheads. To Celestia, her subjects are like her foals. She loves them ever greatly and she would never hurt them unless they had done wrong, and she wouldn’t be very happy to punish them like a parent. She needed somepony else to be the Royal Judge instead of her from now on. As she stood there waiting patiently for Big Mac and AC to awaken, she cleared her throat. The two awakened from their slumber. “I didn’t do it!” Turnip Top shouted as he looked around frantically, but then he realized on what was going on and smiled at Celestia gladly. “You’re all done, Your Majesty?” AC shouted delightedly.
“Yes, I have, Turnip Top.” Celestia chuckled sweetly. “And remember what I’ve told you about whispering?”
“Oh, sorry.” AC apologized sadly. “You must think I’m a horrible guard.” 
“Nonsense.” Celestia protested with a smile. “You one of the most loyal Personal Guard I’ve seen so far AC, and I will make you from now one of my Personal Guard.”
“Wait. Really?” The Bucktoothed stallion exclaimed in surprised. 
“You as well, Big Macintosh.” Celestia offered to the Big Stallion kindly.
“Uh, sorry, Celestia, but Big Mac can’t be your Person Guard.” Turnip Top explained; making Celestia curious.
“Oh?”
“Yeah. He needs to stay at Sweet Apple Acres and help with the harvest. He’s the strongest one they have in the family. They need him.”
“Eeyep.” Big Mac nodded in agreement. 
“Of coarse.” Celestia chuckled. “I forget how important you are to castle.”
“I am?” Big Mac asked her curious. 
“Indeed. You are the harvester, and without you, this castle wouldn’t have as much food as it does now.” Celestia explained to them both. “You both are two are Diamonds in the Rough. Nopony knows how important you are until your gone, but with the correct chipping and polishing, you can both be the most important stallions in Equestria.”
“Whoa.” Big Mac and AC both exclaimed in surprise. 
“Now, if you’d be so kind to bring me back to my bedroom. It has become quite late, and I believe I need my rest.” Celestia explained further.
“O-of coarse, Celestia.” AC stuttered a little astonished by such amazing compliments from the high princess. He could almost run around and announce it everypony, but he had job to return to and finish. As for Big Mac, he looked forward even more to return to his home in Ponyville. Now he had twice the motivation to get those apples out of there and all over to the castle. Two Diamonds in the Rough, a high name from royalty. After Celestia entered her room, Big Mac AC noticed that they had kiss stains on their foreheads and they tried to rub them off, but they wouldn’t come off easily so they hid them with their helmets. 
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“I thank you so much for helping us get back home.” Fang Scar thanked the Captain for the fiftieth time excitedly. “You have no idea how much this impress my father. Do you have any idea how impressed he’s going to be?” 
“I can only imagine.” Luckyshoes answered again with an indifferent expression. They saved a few lifeboats from Fang Scar’s ship and now they’re loading them up with food, water, and John. Rarity could only watch in awe as her beloved gem was now departing from her. She walked to the big gemstone and rubbed it sweetly. “Now, don’t cry.” Rarity began to speak to the celestial rock. “If you cry then I’ll cry, and we’ll make a scene. You have to remain strong, John. Yes, I’ve given you to some pirates, but it’s for a good cause, I promise. Don’t be sad; be happy that we’re doing the right thing… Just remember to write and get yourself polished every day.” Tears begin to fill up in her eyes as she continued. “I believe we’ll meet again in the future. Don’t fret for long, my dear. Don’t cry. I love you; so don’t cry.” Rarity hugged the large Wind Emerald, and kissed it. “Good bye, John.” She walked away from the gem and began to softly cry and Spike noticed. He ran over to Rarity to help comfort her, as the crew began to load the Wind Emerald into the lifeboat.
“Rarity, are you okay?” Spike asked her concerned. 
“I’m fine, Spike.” Rarity sniffed sadly.
“It’s okay, Rarity. You don’t need a gemstone to make you happy.” Spike comforted her sweetly. “Your friends are the only thing that can make you truly happy in the world.”
“You actually mean that, Spike?” Rarity looked at him with big, blue, sorrowful eyes.
“Every word.” Rarity then hugged Spike tightly; making a rubber ducky sound, and she cried and cried onto his shoulder. Spike was at first surprised, but then he just hugged Rarity back. Sunny and Helpful noticed this and as did Snowy. “Looks like Spike’s got himself a Honey.” Sunny remarked with a smile. Helpful and Snowy looked at each other confused.
“What’s a Honey?” Helpful asked Snowy, but Snowy and he just shrugged. Finally, the once-pirates left as Luckyshoes’ crew and Helpful’s friends waved good-bye as they them disappear into the fog. 
“I’m actually a little surprised at you, Rarity.” Slipknot spook first once they were gone. “I thought for sure you would never give up such a marvelous Wind Emerald, but you gave it to the pirates instead. Why is that?”
“Oh, y’know. Fang Scar needed something to impress his father for a change.” Rarity answered with a smile. “And he needed that gemstone more than I did. Besides, friends are more important to me than all the gemstones in the world.” As she answered that question she mostly looked at all her friends there; who all smiled greatly back. 
“A very generous sacrifice, I say.” Luckyshoes announced delighted. “Such a gem would’ve cost a fortune, and since you’ve given it to a once-pirate for a better cause, that is what I call selflessness and generosity.” Just as he explained that, a bright light appeared on Rarity’s neck and it formed the appearance of a golden necklace with a dark purple diamond attached. Rarity gasped surprised, but excited. Twilight ran right up to her just as delighted. “We finally have the Fifth Element of Harmony!” She announced delightedly. 
“Oh! Oh!” Helpful jumped up and down excitedly. “I wanna guess this one!” He shouted excitedly. 
“Go ahead, Helpful.” Applejack giggled at Helpful’s show.
“That’s the Element of Generosity!”
“That’s right, Helpful.” Twilight assured him with a smile as everypony laughed. Later that night, Helpful, Spike, and Snowy were in the barracks with the crew. Snowy and Spike listened to last of Flyleaf’s tale.
“I was saved by Captain Luckyshoes and Slipknot’s magic just in time, and we left the island with those jewels.” Flyleaf explained with a smile. “And I have proof.” He pulled out a large diamond from his bag and gave it to Spike and Snowy; who both exclaimed in astonishment. Helpful was watching them and he rolled his eyes over the fact that they were both still very young. Kids were Helpful’s pride and joy, and he never though they could do any wrong on purpose because of their innocence. He though on how difficult it would be on raising on himself, but that would be a lot of hard work and no doubt he couldn’t do it alone. He decided that he shouldn’t be considering those types of decisions until he was ready. He had enough on his plate as it is. Up top in the Captain’s Cabin, Rarity puts in her Element of Generosity in her bag. “Now that we have five, nothing can stop us now.” Rarity announced proudly, but Twilight noticed that all her friends have their Elements of Harmony, how could she prove her full potential and receive hers? It wasn’t very clear on how it would be possible, but it had to be…somehow. “So, I’ve noticed that you and Helpful and become a bit more attached.” Sunny told Fluttershy; who immediately started blushing.
“U-uh…” Fluttershy stuttered nervously. 
“Oh, leave her be, Sunny.” Rarity protested for Fluttershy. “It’s not time for her to start admitting things yet.”
“Alright, alright. I’m sorry.” Sunny apologized to Rarity and Fluttershy. “I’m getting tired myself. I’m going to bed.” 
“Okay, Sunny.” Twilight replied as she watch her go to sleep. She turned her attention to Applejack; who laid in her hammock hanging from the walls. It was obvious that she was thinking about something. Knowing Applejack all too well, it had to be something that has grabbed her attention. Twilight walked up to her good friend with a comforting expression. “Something bothering you, Applejack?” Twilight wondered kindly. Applejack looked at Twilight like she just now noticed her.
“Oh! Nothing, Twilight.” Applejack explained with a comforting smile. “I was just thinking.” 
“About what?”
“Y’know, what would happen once this is all over with.” Applejack explained further. “How things will change once Prince Joyful takes Celestia’s place. Y’know?”
“Well, the prophecy explained that it will be true peace.” Twilight thought aloud. “I don’t see anything else that could be bad.”
“Yeah, but what if Celestia’s not your teacher anymore?”
“Come again?”
“What if this Joyful is to be your mentor?” Twilight was just speechless to this thought. What if Celestia wasn’t to be her teacher anymore? How will she learn from Prince Joyful instead of her usual everyday mentor? It would be a very hard thing to get used to, but will she be able to get used to it fully? Maybe it won’t be so bad. Maybe she’ll get to talk with Celestia now and then. Maybe Joyful doesn’t have to be her mentor, he’ll probably understand. Besides that thought, things would probably be changed for the better, and it would be a little weird for Joyful to get used to the world around him and would most possibly be confused on how much things have changed lately. At the age of over four thousand years, he would be very confused on almost everything around him, but it shouldn’t be too much of a problem. Twilight looked out the window and spotted the night coming through again. She smiled as she left the thought behind. “It’s late, Applejack.” Twilight explained. “We should get some rest.”
“Alright, Twilight.” Applejack replied with a frown of uncertainty, but then she turned to a smile. “Good night!”