A multi-colored train slowly makes its way down the mountain pass leading down to the town of Ponyville, from the capitol city of Canterlot. The train itself is something that is seen at least once a week in the upcoming stop of Ponyville, but the train isn't the only thing returning home on this stop. Within one of the many multi-colored train cars were two Alicorns, one being Twilight Sparkle the other being Aurora. Aurora sat across from Twilight in an isolated part of the train; they quietly sat there each one doing their own thing. Twilight was reading the history book that she used to find out about Aurora, while Aurora herself was looking out a nearby window that happen to have a clear view of their destination. Twilight slowly lowered the book she was reading to look at Aurora, she silently observe her new friend, something caught her eyes almost immediately, it was Aurora's cutie mark. It was a little unusual; it was a lightning bolt with layers of different colored flames running up the middle of it, right next to the flaming lightning bolt was a flower of red and orange. Each pedal of the flower almost looked like they were signal flames, like that of a candle or a camp fire's first flame. Curiosity began grow within Twilight; every part of her mind was trying to figure out Aurora's special talent could possibly be.
During this thought process, something popped in her mind, something that both she and Aurora forgot. Twilight quickly but gently closed the book she was once reading, she slightly re-positioned herself so she could clearly see Aurora's face. Aurora's face showed little emotion or any indication of thought, but the little it did show was worry and a slight expression. An expression that somepony would use when they were trying to remember something important, or maybe trying to forget something sad. Twilight looked out the window towards her home of Ponyville; she could see the entire town from where they were currently on their train ride. She looked over to her place of residence, her quiet little tree/library on the other side of town.
"That tree over there, on the other side of town, why is it there?" Aurora suddenly asked bringing Twilight out of her memories of her home.
"It's the library, as well as my house." Twilight answered a little relieved she didn't have to start the conversation herself.
"It seems familiar somehow, but it's only the tree nothing else....why is that?" Aurora asked turning her towards Twilight, waiting for her answer.
"Maybe because you've seen the tree before....I'm not entirely sure why to be honest." Twilight answered, Aurora's mood changed from the neutral felling she had felt all day to the felling of sadness or maybe it was disappointment. "What was it that you wanted to tell me back in Canterlot?" Twilight asked felling it was the best time to ask her.
Aurora's mood changed once again, this time it was clearly sadness. Aurora lowered her head slightly, and her ears flopped down to the sides of her head expressing her current mood. Twilight clearly saw that Aurora wanted to forget whatever it was she wanted to tell her, all she could do in response was wonder what could be so bad that she wanted to forget.
"It was a memory of what happened on the night of my imprisonment in that stupid crystal." Aurora answered with a bit of bitterness upon mentioning the crystal.
"What was it that you remembered?" Twilight asked not wanting to force her to relive an unpleasant memory again.
"What I remembered was..... was something I could live without, but when it came to me...it was like a vision or something along those lines." Aurora explained.
"Are you willing to tell me what you saw?"
Aurora shifted in her seat slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable about the current subject, mostly because she had no idea what Twilight's reaction would be. She lifted her until her eyes were staring right into Twilight’s; she took a deep breath before she slightly nodded yes.
"It happened in Canterlot Square, the building surrounding the area were up in flames or destroyed. There were a few guards escorting a few Unicorns out of the area, a few of them were carrying injured ponies out of the area as well. I was standing in the middle of all this, a few guards lay at my hooves, but there was one guard that wouldn't fall. He had the same color fur and eyes as me, he held a sword in his mouth not want to give up. I was about to hit him when....Princess Celestia landed between me and the guard, for some reason I was exactly the same height as her. That's when Celestia told me to stop and think about what I was doing, but all I did was laugh in her face. Before Celestia could do anything I charged her with great speed, I sent her flying backwards a few feet as a result. But after that everything was a blur, I could tell that I was winning our fight....in fact I nearly killed Celestia a couple times. The only thing that kept her alive was her magic, I seemed to have better strength and seep but she had better magic. I was just about to release the death blow when I was hit by a magical force, I slowly began to be covered and frozen by that crystal I was imprisoned in. But before I was completely frozen, I felt a great evil try to leave me, and could see the face of Celestia as I was being frozen in the crystal. Right before I was completely frozen I said one thing and one thing only; and that was 'why?'." Aurora said explaining the memory she received.
"Wow....I knew what happened through the history book I'm reading, but I didn't know most of the details." Twilight said a little surprised on what Aurora has said to her.
"It's something that is going to hunt me for the rest of my life, I only wish is that I find out what came over me to do such a thing." Aurora said turning head away from Twilight to the landscapes that the train was passing.
"Maybe we'll find out when you gain the rest of your memories." Twilight said wanting to bring Aurora's spirits up a little.
"Yeah maybe, I'm kind of tired right now....so if you don't mind I'm going to take a little nap. Wake me when we get there." Aurora said lying down with her back turned towards Twilight, as an attempted to get comfortable.
"Alright, I'm just going to continue reading that history book I mentioned earlier." Twilight said picking up the said book. Twilight grew a little curious about some of the events that happened in Aurora's memory; one that stuck out the most was that magical force that hit Aurora before the crystal began to grow around Aurora. She couldn't figure out what it could be, she ruled out it being the Elements of Harmony or a crystallization spell. So what could it of have been, this was something she had to do some research on. Twilight looked out the window to see where they currently were.
'We're almost there....I should wake up Aurora.' Twilight thought to herself, she looked back towards the now sleeping Aurora. 'I'll wait until we get there, she needs her sleep' Twilight thought deciding waking Aurora wouldn't be a good idea.