> Twilight and the Ponypets > by Kichi > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prologue > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you sure about this Twilight? I mean, last time you tried to go back to the past, it didn’t work like you wanted." Said Applejack looking worried "It's true dear, are you sure you can handle this? " Said Rarity who looked worried as well. "Don’t worry girls, i'll be back before you could say Twilight Sparkle, I lost everything when Tirek destroyed the Golden Oaks Library, things that were very important to me, like the photo we took when I came to Ponyville the first time, or the replies I received each time I sent a friendship report to Princess Celestia. Those items were very important to me because they represented the memories and times we all cherished together, that is why I want to do this, when I put the objects somewhere safe I will return here" Twilight Said looking around at her friends as she steps over to where the three Princesses were waiting. Princess Celestia sat in front of Twilight with all her majesty, on Twilight’s right was Princess Luna and on the left was Princess Cadence, and Discord moved around behind Twilight, ready to help Twilight in repentance of his betrayal to both Twilight and her friends, it was hard to persuade the Princesses to give Twilight their powers again. They were indebted to Twilight for saving Equestria from the evil Tirek, and they knew that this was something important for Twilight, that was the reason they decided to help her in her mission to go into the past. "Are you ready, my faithful student? " Asked Princess Celestia as her white horn begin to glow. "Yes... Im ready" Answered Twilight as her horn begins to glow as she prepared to cast the spell. It was not like it was the first time she had tried to go to the past, when she was a unicorn she tried to give herself a warning in the past, but that had not ended how she would have wished, maybe because the short time and the inexperience she had herself. This time was going to be different though, this time she was an Alicorn, she had the experience of traveling to the past, and has the help of the Princesses and Discord, this time she could not fail, she was sure this time would be different. Had she known what this simple act was going to unleash, she probably would have stopped right then and there, however with a lack of knowledge and her current path visible before her she begins feeding more magic into her horn making it glow brighter and brighter along side the energy flowing from the horns of her fellow princesses, The light begins to fall, enveloping Twilight as she begins to rise in the air, it was then that Discord fingers snapped and the horns glow at the maximum in the same moment and Twilight disappeared in a blinding multicolored flash. And that was how Twilights problems began, she just wanted to make a short travel, to make sure that the important things for Twilight, second only to her friends, were safe. But like many other times, magic sometimes does something unexpected, after all if magic is friendship, then like the friendship it was very mysterious and also unexplainable and a short travel become a long journey as suddenly Twilight awoke in her room in canterlot, sensing something strange, as if something were off, not only around her but also her body. She just didn’t feel right, that was sure, she felt her wings but they felt different and the first clue was when she looked down and found the black hooves with holes inside, that was not a good sign. ‘Something must have gone wrong.’ Twilight winced, ‘very very wrong.’ She was not sure what happened , all she knew was that she was now a changeling, she forced herself to be calm when suddenly thousands of voice begin to talk inside of her head, almost all saying the same thing, the message was a little hard to understand as the phrase was repeated too many times, but mainly they were saying the same, and Twilight managed to decipher what they had said, and that was something strange. "The Princess is worried by something…” “Is she okay?...” “She need help?...” “Can we help with something?" Mostly the same, the voices were worried for their Princesses and Twilight could hear it as if she had a radio inside her head, something strange if not to say that it was very unpleasant, she looked around but there was no one in the library, not even her number one assistant Spike, nor any of her friends. "Did I go too far? No, that doesn't explain this." Twilight muttered to herself, it was hard to think having thoughts inside your head that were not your own, it was at that thought when suddenly they silenced themselves for a couple of seconds. "At least..." Twilight began to say when suddenly the voices begin to speak again within Twilight’s thoughts completely setting her on edge. "Go too far?...” “The Princess go anywhere?..." The mental voices begin to speak again in full volume, until finally Twilight could not hold her frustration any more. "Silence! Be quiet so I can think for a moment." Twilight screeched, suddenly the voices went silent, leaving Twilight to herself. The clarity from the Isolation allowed Twilight time to clear her thoughts and begin planning on what she was going to do,’first I need to see what has changed and what happened’ As these thoughts ran through her head, she prepared to take her first step when suddenly a white coated filly appeared at the door. At first glance, Twilight thought the young pink haired unicorn filly looked very cute, it reminded her somewhat of Sweetie Bell, her friend Rarity’s little sister. But when the little pony entered the library and sat down in front of Twilight, and looked up to her as if waiting for something, upon closer examination of the filly Twilight was surprised. On either side of the filly were small wings, something that Twilight didn’t notice the first time yet as the filly came closer Twilight saw them. A horn and wings, the filly was a small alicorn. She did not have a Cutie Mark though, maybe because she was too young, however if Twilight didn’t know any better she would think that the young filly before her was Princess Celestia. "Celestia?" Asked Twilight a look of shock and confusion covering her face as she gazed upon the young alicorn filly. ‘Impossible, this can’t be her… Even if she has the same looks she can’t be Celestia, she’s too young, then again… how am I a changeling, This is soo confusing.’ Twilight rambled internally as the White filly spoke up upon recognition of her name. "Yes? How can this PonyPet serve you, her majesty Princess Twilight of the Changelings." Was the young alicorn response, the one answer Twilight could not have predicted. > Chapter 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Yes? How can this PonyPet serve you, her majesty Princess Twilight of the Changelings." Was the young alicorn response, the one answer Twilight could not have predicted. "Wait... What?... R-repeat that again." Says Twilight, even more confused than before, maybe she heard wrong, it could possibly be that she said it wrong but she knew what she heard. "Princess are you okay?" Asked the little Celestia giving her princess a strange look. Twilight wasn’t even sure if the filly that called herself Celestia was worried or not, because in a moment a smile appeared on her face, Twilight could not even believe that she was even considering that the young filly was really Princess Celestia, because if that were true, then she was truly the Princess of the Changelings. "I-I think I’m okay... Just a little sleepy and, I think I hit my head when I woke up, so..." Suddenly the voices returned in Twilight’s head, cutting her off mid sentence. "The Princess hit her head?” “How could this happen” “Is she okay?” “When did that happen?” “Should we ask the Queen to check on her?” “Is she awake or still sleeping?” “The Princess could go see the Queen” “Princess are you okay?" The voices all spoke within Twilight’s mind, all of them vocal in their worry and offering support to their princess. "Don’t worry, it’s not that bad" Said Twilight talking to the voices in the head, she was Trying to adjust to all of this but it was hard to focus with all of the voices crying for her attention within her head at the same time, but first of all she needed information. "The Princess need information about something?” “The Princess need to ask something?” “Can we help the Princess?" The voices continued their verbal assault. "Oh… Just be QUIET!!!" Twilight shouted angrily, causing the voices to silence themselves. In front of Twilight stood the smaller Celestia that still answered to her. "As you wish, This PonyPet will be quiet now... oh no... I... I’m sorry Princess for talking, please punish me for disobeying you" It was only then that Celestia’s smile disappeared, leaving behind a sad frown at the mere thought of disobeying what Twilight had commanded. She prepared for some form of punishment, while Twilight asked herself how she treated the little filly until now. "The Princess forgot her hobby?” “Maybe she need the help the queen after all?” “Maybe she used some strange spell from those ponies" The voices continue inside her head and Twilight know that she could not make out anything, even when she told them to stay silent, they return, it was then that some images passed inside Twilight’s thoughts, more like memories it seemed as if she was looking through her eyes. In there she could see as she used a whip magically enhanced on the little filly just because she grabbed a wrong book or took a iron dipped in magefire and pressed it against the little filly’s skin, just because she was bored. She watched how sometimes she would kick the filly or try very dangerous spells on her, even spells that were banished time ago and prohibited from everypony, and not only was she laughing when she did it, but even Celestia herself, seemed happy to suffer all of it. In every scene, the little filly seemed happy, it was like when she presented in front of Twilight, everytime with a big smile. When she could not stand see any more scenes like that she finally shouted. "Stop... Stop showing me these… " Twilight Screamed, on outside Twilight felt bad for seeing all of that, but on the inside, for some reason she did not feel anything, she was not thirsty, not sad, not angry at herself, and that was very strange. The scenes stop and it was then that Twilight looked over to the younger Celestia in front of her, this time she was not smiling, only because she meant only to tell the voices in her thoughts to be silent not Celestia herself. "I will not punish you... This time, Celestia... Can i ask you a few questions? I just wish to figure out whether I forgot anything important or not." Twilight asks, her thinly veiled excuse wouldn’t have held water, luckily the filly didn’t have any, even so the little Celestia looked up towards Twilight. "But i deserve punishment, you told to me to be quiet and I spoke, sorry your majesty, I speak again, i just need a big punishment for talking, i'm a bad PonyPet" Celestia answered giving Twilight a sad look. "No... Like i said, i will not punish you, this time... I might later, however first I need to check that I remember everything, so I’ll ask a question and I want you to answer correctly, Understood?" Twilight asks. "Yes, As a good PonyPet I will do as you say your majesty." Answered the little Celestia. "First of all, how did you end up as a filly?" Twilight asked as she prepared for the voices to enter her thoughts, but this time no one spoke. "Oh, Yes, It was a century ago. From what I remember, it was near the same time that her majesty, Queen Chrysalis give birth to you. She appeared suddenly and took me by surprise, after the battle, her Royal majesty Queen Chrysalis, defeated me and absorbed almost all of my magic. She replaced me and then sent me to the hive so that they could feed on my love, I was then held within the confines of the hive until your majesty Princess Twilight decided that I become your PonyPet and used a collection of spells to regress me, and make me a PonyPet. Now I’m A happy PonyPet that likes to serve you and the hive, Princess Twilight." Answered the little filly, as Twilight begin to imagine that, Celestia seemed happy about her situation, even if Twilight was still not sure about how any of this could be good. ‘The voices in my thoughts must be the hive, and if her story was true, then instead of Princess Celestia in the throne, was Queen Chrysalis as she had taken Celestia’s place.’ Suddenly the images of the wedding between Princess Mi Amore Cadenza passed through Twilight’s thoughts, it was the only time she met Chrysalis as she remembered how she had replaced Cadence, and how she controlled the mind of her big brother, and also the invasion of changelings in Canterlot until Shining Armor and Princess Cadence using their love made a barrier and forced Chrysalis and the hive out of Canterlot. Suddenly Twilights thoughts were thrown into chaos, the changelings had seen her thoughts and memories and how they were stirred into a cacophony as they imagined and replied to her memories with confusion. Some of the changelings began to fear that Twilight didn’t like them any more, some Questioned what those thoughts were, and still others just couldn’t think stunned as they were by the thought of what had happened in those memories. Her thoughts were drowned and for a time she thought she would never be able to step out of the sea of voices, until one voice passed through the hive, one strong enough to only belong to the leader of the changelings, Queen Chrysalis. "My daughter I do not know what those images are but to calm the hive, come and tell me." The voice seemed to lose power, even so, she could hear the Queen as if she were speaking in front of her. "Uhh, Yes, well the thing is..." Twilight began to say, she was not speaking mentally, but aloud in front of the filly Celestia, until she was cud off as Queen Chrysalis spoke again "Not now and not like that... Come to me, that is an order. Come personally as Twilight Sparkle, student of Princess Celestia. I will speak to you face to face and do not allow yourself to be distracted by anything or anyone unless it is important." Chrysalis’s voice gained power and Twilight knew that she could not defy the orders, even if she wanted to, her body was already walking to the door she sensed the magic as it flowed around her, suddenly she was turned purple, the black chitin disappeared, and she knew her wings had changed back into the pegasus equivalent as she could sense it, even if it was only a disguise she felt great having body of Twilight Sparkle again. She still had some questions but they needed to be answered at some other time, at least with the information she had she was able to formulate a theory about what had happened, her body was not stopping, it was like she could not control it, that was the power of the queen of the hive, even if she was the princess, she could not even disobey the queen, as she began to walk through the streets of ponyville on the way to Canterlot Castle, followed by the de aged and retrained Princess Celestia, looking around. "Ok, first item on the checklist, I know how Celestia become a filly, now I need to figure out how I ended up here when I only wanted to do a little jump? Also. where where exactly is here? Could I have done something wrong and be in the future? No, the library was exactly the same at first glance, the streets were also the same, and at this distance the Castle is also the same. But if I traveled to the past, how did I ended like this? This is not my past..." Twilight began to mutter when suddenly her wings open and she begins to fly towards Canterlot castle, then flew through the window into Celestia’s chambers, much to the surprise of Chrysalis. "What are you doing disguised as alicorn? I told you to come here as Twilight Sparkle, have you forgot that she is supposed to be a normal unicorn, not an Alicorn?" Asked Chrysalis with Celestia’s voice. There was no one in that moment in the room except the false Celestia and Twilight, even the little filly that was the real Celestia was still in the way as she could not get to the same speeds as Twilight. "Remove that disguise before someone sees you and change into unicorn Twilight Sparkle." Chrysalis orders, With a flash of magical flame the wings disappear Chrysalis looked a little more calm and smiled, as it was very natural in the real one. "I’m sorry for ordering you, my child, You are… special to me, unlike the rest of the hive. But you know me, sometimes I cannot not control myself. Care to tell me from where did these images come? I calmed the hive for now, but even so, they could be in chaos at any given moment. "Im sorry Majesty" Twilight tried to apologise but Chrysalis cut her off with a negative shake of her head. "I did not call you here to apologise, just tell me what happened. Also no one is here so you do not need to restrain yourself, I was too busy for too long a time and I could not stay with you. It worried me when you suddenly disappeared from the connection that we and the hive have" Chrysalis said. "Well, it was a spell, it was supposed to help see past things. And I tried to look into the memories of my, PonyPet about Nightmare Moon. But it failed and revealed those memories to me instead." Twilight lied deciding that this was the best option, she was not even sure about where she was, but if Chrysalis was her mother and had taken the throne of Celestia, she could not defy her. "I know you are hiding something from me, however I will not insist you tell me, just remember that Celestia is there for your use, if you wanted to do a strange spell. Try it first on her, after all it was one of the reasons you gave that convinced me to send her to you." Chrysalis said giving Twilight a worried look. "Yes, Mother... It’s just that I wanted to be ready for Nightmare Moon, if the Legend is true, she was even more powerful than Princess Celestia, and it could be a very bad." Twilight commented, even though she know that the Elements of Harmony could return Nightmare Moon to Luna, this was something new, and she was not sure if she could repeat the same thing that happened the very first time she went to ponyville. The images of her friends and the battle passed through Twilight’s thoughts and suddenly Chrysalis looked at Twilight her eyes widened in surprise. "What was that?" Chrysalis asked. "I think the spell did not disburse, I don’t know where these images are coming from." Answered Twilight "I know that you lie, if you do not want to say it, even to me, your own mother, then it needs to be something very special. Just try to stay yourself and do not send those strange images of; Friendship to the hive, you already know that is for weak ponies and that they are all lies. True?" Chrysalis commented as she finished asking Twilight, she was not even sure about the answer because in front of her was Princess Celestia, her mentor, but at the same time she know that it was not the true Celestia but Chrysalis using a disguise, even if she was her mother. Also there was the hive, she could sense it that they were worried about their Princess. "I know, and i have a reason for not speaking right now." Twilight says as she decided to leave through the door when she heard Celestia’s voice call to her. "Wait, I do not know how true are those images are, but i know about Nightmare Moon, ask your PonyPet about the information and be ready to leave and search for those Elements of Harmony, I do not think that she can defeat me, but it wouldn’t hurt to have a Plan B." Chrysalis says to Twilight. "Are you sure?" Twilight asks. "Yes, You passed too much time in Canterlot because of me I think is best if you know a little more of the world outside, it would be best for you as Princess, but do not be fooled by the friendship of other ponies, remember that they are only food for the hive, the only friends you can have are your changeling servants... And if you try to expand your PonyPets, be careful, some of them could suspect something... Aside from that, you are free and I’ll cover for you here" Chrysalis finished but when Twilight was about to leave again Chrysalis added. "Oh, yes... And congratulations, When did you learn to fly like those ponies do? Last time i was thinking you did have some problem in that disguise and because of that we decided to you be a unicorn not a Alicorn" Commented Chrysalis. "I did a couple of class with one of those pegasus called Wonderbolts, I wanted to surprise you" Twilight lied again and before Chrysalis could speak, she left. Twilight Sparkle looked to her flank even when it was true that she was supposed to only be a unicorn in the beginning, she trained very hard to use the wings, but for now she could not use them, even so she decided to go to Ponyville, she was sure that there she could get answers, but to do that, first she need to find Celestia who was supposed to be following her, even if Twilight have more flight speed than Celestia, she was supposed to appear near her, also that side of Chrysalis, when they met the first time, she did not seem like that. Twilight sat and decided to relax and clean her mind until the little filly appeared from a window, as she flew with all the speed that her wings let her. "Miss Twilight, I’m here... You left suddenly and I could not follow you, please forgive me." Celestia said but Twilight responded calmly. "Not now, Now we are going to somewhere called Ponyville, I think that you left the Elements of Harmony there, right?" Twilight asks Celestia. "Yes... I could not hide anything from you, I can guide you to them if you want" Celestia answered with a smile. "First i’m going to meet the ponies there so I can see how they work and wait the perfect moment to get them, when I have their... Friendship" It was very hard for Twilight to say that, even when she was telling to herself it was an act, she did it so that no one could think something strange. The little filly wait as she got under Twilight, something that Twilight thought was very strange. "What are you doing beneath me?" Twilight asked. "I thought you wanted to teleport there, so I prepared... Unless you want to be apart... Is it because I was a bad Ponypet that you want to leave me behind? I spoke when you ordered me not to, that is why you are leaving me and did not even punished me... It is because of that, right?" Celestia asked, almost ready to cry. "Ummm... Yes... just forget about that, I will not punished you and that order... Okay?" Twilight said, Celestia turned and smiled brightly at Twilight. "As a good PonyPet I need to obey, if your majesty orders me to forget that I forget it" Then Celestia’s horn began to glow for a couple of seconds, her eyes turning white, Twilight could only imagine what she was doing. She was going to clean her memory of that incident, just because Twilight asked her to. > Chapter II > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight looked to the little filly, it was only a little commentary, but the little filly just forced itself to forget because she take that as a order, Twilight was surprised, not only because the little Celestia forced itself to forget something because what Twilight say, but because she was not feeling bad. The normal could be that Twilight feel herself very bad or guilty, Twilight knew she needed to sense like that, but in the inside there was nothing, she was not feeling guilty for some reason and that confused Twilight. After relaxing a little, Twilight looked to the little Celestia, she was waiting. In the end Twilight take a carriage to Ponyville, followed by the little white alicorn, she was still a little confused but was not going to let herself to stop. The Elements of Harmony waited to be discovered. Meanwhile she was in the carriage, Twilight have a little time to herself, for some reason the changelings were not talking again so she have time to think a little about what was happening exactly, she was supposed to travel to the past, she prepared the spell and was correct, but this was not the past, at least not the past she remembered. She begin to think about what happened, how happened and why happened that. She remember the spell, it was correct, she was sure about that, there was no problem, so maybe the problem was not in Twilight or the spell, but in another thing. Twilight think about that until suddenly she realized it. “Of course, how could i be too stupid and blind? Discord is the embodiment of chaos, maybe the magic of Discord mixed wrong with the magic of the Princesses, that could be the reason” Exclaimed suddenly Twilight surprising the little filly and the pegasus in the carriage. “Miss Twilight? Something happen?” Asked the little filly but before she could answer that, some other voice talked “How do you know about Discord?” That voice was not of the little filly, not from the pegasus or Twilight, it was the changeling queen, Queen Chrysalis the one that asked. “I read about him in a old book in the library” It was a very big lie, but she was not going to say the true, at least not to the queen of the Changelings “You lie… We are connected, my daughter and I know you lie to me… I give you another chance to tell me the truth or I force you” Commented Chrysalis in the head of Twilight “It’s a long history, sorry but is something that is better to save, i'm sorry” Answered in low voice Twilight. Twilight waited but there was no answer, maybe Chrysalis just accepted that, or maybe there was something else. She was not sure about the reason, even so, she decided to continue the traveling, at least now she have a theory about how she end there, but she did not know about how to return. Twilight look around, she was now in Sweet Apple Acree, the same Sweet Apple Acree from her memories, it was exactly the same. If she could, she would jump in that same instant to the Apple Trees, but she not have wings, well, she have wings but they were not her real wings, it was very hard to learn about how to fly with the previous one to even learn about the new ones, also if suddenly she returned to be a changelling, even when she was not sure about how to change, Applejack will be scared, and that was not a good thing to meet again one of her best friends so she decided to wait until the carriage landed somewhere near, even so, she wanted too much to meet her again that in the end, she begin to make her horn glow and dissapeared from the carriage with the little Celestia, and appearing in the middle of the farm, just in front of a red stallion that was surprised because suddenly what seemed to be a violet unicorn and a little white filly appeared in front of them. Twilight looked the red stallion, she recognized it in the same instant. It was Big Mac the big brother of Applejack, one of her best friends, not only was Applejack one of her best friends, she was also the bearer of the element of honesty, one pony that was very obstinate but also one of the bearers of the elements of harmony. The element of honesty. “Sorry for appearing this suddenly, my name is Twilight Sparkle, student of Princess Celestia and this in my side is…” Twilight stopped and begin to think what to say when suddenly the filly presented itself. “My name is Tia, I’m the helper of Miss Twilight” Say the little Celestia and Twilight looked to big mac “Are you okay?” Asked Twilight to Big Mac, it was the brother of Applejack, she did not meet too much Big Mac except the times she was with Applejack or helping her in the farm, the most time she was with him was in the event of the want-it need it spell and the love potion of the crusaders. There was already problems around enough problems in the head and she did not wanted to have more. “Eeeyep” Answered Big Mac to Twilight “Emmm… Is there someone called Applejack around here?” Asked Twilight as she try to break the ice a little “Eeeyep” Was the only answer of Big Mac, she was going to ask about where find her when Big Mac appointed to a direction, and without say nothing Twilight followed by the little white filly to find the orange earth pony heading to a big apple tree and kick the tree so the red fruits dropped. Twilight stay quiet in silence during a second, and then go near the farm pony “Errr… You are Applejack, right?” Asked Twilight as she talked with her old friend, in the inside, she wanted or hope that she recognize Twilight, but she know that could not be. “How’dy!! Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres, the best apple farm from around here… Is there something I can help? Miss...” Asked Applejack as she waited the answer “Twilight Sparkle… I’m here by order of Princess Celestia to check the Summer Sun Celebration to check and take a sample of the food” Say Twilight, if her attention was not focused in the orange mare, she could look a confusion in the face of the little alicorn. “Of course… Let me call the family here… Soup's on, everypony!” Shouted Applejack as suddenly a big quantity of ponies appeared, it was not a surprise for Twilight as she still remember how happened like if it was yesterday After everypony presented herself, Twilight sit in a table followed by the little Celestia and looked all the food, this was not a experience she wanted to redo but even so, as everypony begin to look to Twilight, she was going to begin with a Apple Pie but when she was going to take the first bite the little Celestia asked “Err… Miss Twilight… Are you sure?” Asked the little white filly. Twilight was not sure why she asked that until she take the first bite, suddenly she begin to feel like throw up what she was eating.. Twilight begin to feel like throw up, she could not swallow easy and wanted to take it out of her mouth as she wanted to take it out from her mouth as her tongue tasted the little bite, if it could be called tongue at the thing the changellings have. Instead of throwing up in the end she managed to slip it down from her throat and swallow it using all her will, swallowing not only that but also something else that was not even sure about what was it that seemed come from inside her. Twilight looked around at the look of all the farm ponies around smiling, the only that looked strange was the little filly, as she tried to take another bite of something else to see if maybe it was the pie, she watched as the little filly was going to say something but no sound exit as Twilight take the bite, another time that sensation, it was like try to eat shit, the taste was even worst that cardboard and shit combined but not only that, her body seemed to reject the food, and after the bite something begin to going up from her body to the mouth, Twilight do not wanted to make a scene and as her horn glow, she looked around to the barn that was near, and with a mix of green and lavender glow she dissapeared to appear again inside the barn as she begin to throw up something that seemed a strange goo, it was the same green substance that the changelling used in the Royal Wedding, a little more liquid but the same after all. She was not sure what happened, it was not possible that the food was poison, it was impossible, she know that all of the Apple family were great in cooking, and they could not mistake all the food, and that was also not a joke. She was not even sure about the reason but the taste was still in her mouth. “I’m sorry… I... It seems this morning I take something that did not sit well in my stomach, but for what I tasted it seems all the food is great… It could be great to stay here but I need to check other things before the sun is down so I need to leave...” Commented Twilight as she left with the little white filly.in hurry before they could say something. > Chapter III > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight was running, as she thought about what happened, she tried to make sense of it but she could not, she tried to piece it together again and again, but there was no sense in what happened. She tried to take it out of her thoughts, and forced herself to center in what was going around her and stop herself. Unconsciously her hooves guided her to the old Golden Oaks Library, as she looked over it. It was as she remembered, except for a couple of things like the telescope on the terrace and smaller details. She wanted to do nothing more than enter inside her little sanctuary, the only place in Equestria she thought that was safe, she was going to open the door when a little voice called to her. “Im sorry for being too slow Miss Twilight, did you wait for me?” Asked the little white filly. The distraction caused Twilight to return to her senses, as her hoof go away from the door, it was not her library, and it was not the time, she need to meet her friends again. Because of that and using great willpower she go away from the Golden Oak Library and begin to move to Fluttershy cottage, just in time to listen her begin the bird chorus. It was near the middle when suddenly a nut hit Twilight in the head. She looked around and then another nut hit her head. Just then she looked up, to see Angel Bunny in a branch with a nut in her pawns ready to throw another one, but he was stoped by Twilight magic before throwing the deadly projectile for third time. It was then that Fluttershy seemed to discover Twilight and Celestia presence or Tia as she called herself, in less that one second one big shout was listened around. “HEELP!” Shouted Fluttershy. At first Twilight was not sure what was happening until she begin to see the situation, as shy she was Fluttershy, and because they did not know each other in that moment and seeing how Twilight was using magic in Angel Bunny she possibly enter in panic. Putting down her magic, Twilight tried to explain herself as she did go near Fluttershy, but before she could talk a Rainbow blur passed in front of her eyes, something Twilight know very well, and suddenly a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane put herself in front of Fluttershy “Who are you? What are you doing here? And why did you make Fluttershy cry? Are you a Spy?” Asked Rainbow Dash Twilight facehoofed after the last question, but even so, she tried to explain. “Look, I… Im sorry Rainbow Dash, you see, Im Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia Student, and this little filly in my side is Tia, she act as my assistant” The little filly nodded after being mentioned as the Rainbow mare seemed to inspect Twilight “How do you know my name” Asked Rainbow Dash, as Twilight gulp a little “I know… Because I… I... “ Twilight tried to think in a valid answer and after an awkward silence managed to say. ‘Come on… Think… Think...Think’ Just then a mental candle ignited in the head of Twilight “It’s because I investigated about you… After all you make the Sonic Rainboom, how to not know about you?” Asked Twilight as she hope that Dash believe her “Of course… Sometimes I forgot how awesome am I” Say Rainbow Dash ‘Great… Even here, Rainbow Dash have a great ego’ Think Twilight “I was here to check that everything was correct for Princess Celestia in the coming celebration, but when I was here I find your friend with the chorus of birds, and because I did not want to disturb I decided to wait until she finished… Or at least it was what I wanted until a certain bunny, begin to throw me nuts” Say Twilight as her eyes fixed in Angel Bunny that was still in the branch, ready to throw another nut, until the other mares looked at him and tried to hide the nut in his back. “Um… errr… Im sorry… He is… A little protective… Please don’t be angry with him… Or with me…” Say Fluttershy to Twilight as she forced herself to look to her. “Don’t worry… It’s not that big problem” Say Twilight as she tried to come near Fluttershy, but the yellow pegasus hide herself behind Rainbow Dash “Well… I think is best that I leave, as it seems everything is correct here” Say Twilight, but before she leaved she listened something “W… Wait!!” Shouted Fluttershy Twilight stopped herself and looked to Fluttershy that managed to come from behind Rainbow Dash and her own mane “I… Thank you for not disturb the chorus and for listening… It was… It was good? I mean… I don’t know the taste of Princess Celestia so…” Begin to say Fluttershy but Twilight shocked with the head “Don’t worry, it was very good, Im sure Princess Celestia will love it” With a smile, she left to Sugarcube Corner to check if Pinkie Pie was in there, but there was no luck in that and after a little talk she leave to the town hall to find Rarity, at least this did not changed, as she was like how she remember of the first time she meet with her, except because this time, her mane was not a disaster. “Hello… Im Twilight Sparkle, student of Princess Celestia and…” Begin to present herself Twilight but was stopped by Rarity “Of Course, of course… I hear of you darling, everypony is talking about how you scared the poor Fluttershy” Say Rarity “I did not try…” Tried to defend Twilight but she was silenced by the white unicorn “Of course darling, of course… We know it, but it’s stll a good tale… Now… you say you are the student of Princess Celestia so… You live in Canterlot?” Asked Rarity big a curiosity After a little talk about Canterlot she was forced by Rarity to go to the boutique to talk and drink tea, something that have nearly the same sucess as the visit to Applejack, even the tea tasted like ashes, not a different type of ashes, but the same. In the boutique, the little Celestia was nearly kidnapped by Rarity sister, Sweetie Belle, but Twilight was quick and managed to say a excuse about it was best that Tia was around her instead. She managed to fool Rarity with the tea and after the talk and be forced to try some dresses she managed to get out of the Carousel Boutique, and finally end in front of the Golden Oak Library again, after breathing a little, she calmed herself and enter in the supossed surprise party of Pinkie Pie. As she was inside, Twilight tried to talk again with everypony she knows and socialize as she tried to do it better that what happened in the first time. Little by little the party begin to end and everypony begin to walk to the Town Hall. ----------- Twilight was looking the podium of Ponyville for the Summer Sun Celebration, she was in the Town Hall waiting as the mayor mare talked about Princess Celestia, in mainly a couple of moments, Nightmare Moon was going to appear instead of Chrysalis disguised as Princess Celestia, as she was sure not even Chrysalis could battle Nightmare Moon. “Isn't this exciting? Are you excited, 'cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited-- well, except for the time that I saw you walking into town and I went [deep gasp] and before you meet me I managed to make you a welcome party, but I mean really, who can top that? And... ohhh right, that did not happen in this reality...” Twilight only nodded with her head as she was looking like mostly other to where Celetia was supossed to appear “...Princess Celestia!” Finished shouting mayor mare as all the ponies begin to cheer and look, as Twilight also looked. This was the moment, now Nightmare Moon was supossed to appear after banishing Celestia, but she did not know was that the Celestia she was going to banish was Queen Chrysalis. After that everything was going to be okay. Twilight waited a couple of seconds as the people wondered what was happening because Princess Celestia seemed to be late, and then with a bright light, the image of Princess Celestia appeared with all her majesty. “My dear ponies, it’s great to be here another year with all of you in this celebration” Begin to speak with a smile. Twilight looked around to be sure and yes, the little filly white alicorn was there with her smile looking the image of the big Celestia, with her typical smile, so the Princess Celestia that was in the podium was not other that Queen Chrysalis. “Before I raise the sun again, I have some important news for all of you” Say Chrysalis disguised as Princess Celestia as all the people around begin to whisper each other worried. “As you maybe all know, years ago I take a little filly as my student, I tutored her, and checked the best for her. Today, I want to announce that I decided to take a second student, I hope to give her a great future and all of us can help her” With a sign, a little black filly appeared from the back of Princess Celestia, the surprise was in all the faces because all the people could watch with surprise that the little filly, not only was the new student of Princess Celestia, she also have a horns and wings, making her a Alicorn, just like the Princess. As every pony was looking the little filly Alicorn, Twilight looked with surprise the little filly, as she was smiling, she know perfectly that smile, that smile was not because the filly was happy, that smile, was the smile of a Ponypet. Just then, Twilight finally fainted after watching that Twilight suddenly awakened and looked around to see she was in what seemed to be a tea party, in front of her, was Princess Celestia with her smile drinking the tea and in a side was Luna sleeping she tried to recognize where she was without luck. “Princess Celestia? I… have the most strange nightmare you could imagine, I wanted to go to the past after Tirek destroyed the golden Oak Library, and somehow I ended in a strange past, you were reemplaced with Queen Chrysalis, I was her daughter, connected with the hive and all, and both you and Princess Luna lost almost all your powers, Chrysalis absorbed them and turned both of you in fillies. Not only that, my version of that dimension tortured for fun like a game and you only smiled… That is a strange dream, right Princess Celestia?” Asked Twilight but the Princess only looked smiling at her as she drink her tea “Princess Celestia? Are you okay?” Asked Twilight a little confused looking around, just then, she noticed that Princess Luna that was sleeping just a couple of seconds ago, was not around as she seemed to dissapear suddenly when she did not see. “Princess Celestia? Where did Princess Luna go? Princess Celestia please, Answer me” Say Twilight as she tried to grab the Princess but the image of the Princess and the room with the tea begin to fade and go away. “Princess Celestia? Princess Celestia! Please return! Did I make something bad? I try to do it better, Please… Princess!!!” Shouted Twilight as she tried to run to find Princess Celestia but she could not. As much as she run, as much as she forced herself, the image of her Princess was going far and far away until only darkness was around. Just then she wake up, she was resting again in the bed, the roof in her head was familiar, it was the roof of her bedroom in the library, she sensed like if she did not have energy, she could not even move, she wanted to move but her body not wanted or could not move, she fell restless like if she did not sleep and recently finished runing a marathon and used too much magic at the same time. She wanted to move, she needed energy, and then it was when she sensed something.. She begin to sense something, like a explosion of different flavours, as if she was drinking the most delicious Apple Cyder, it was very good, compared with the Cyder of the apple family, this was a thousand times better, as she sensed how her energy was returning to the body, the energy runing in her body with every taste she begin to lick repeatedly her lips trying to savour a little more. This sensation was glorious, as she opened her eyes little by little as she begin to recover her senses and looked around. She could not describe how good was that sensation, it was the best she even tasted, it was great, it was… horrible. In a side of her bed, Twilight catched with her eyes the vision the little white filly Celestia become with her smile and her eyes a little closed like if she did not have too much energy or need to sleep, still smiling. But not only that, if it was only that it could not be bad, the worst was something else... A green beam connected the horn of the little alicorn with the horn of Twilight, she did not need too much time to understand what happened and from where was coming that delicious flavor, it was then she know from where was coming that sensation, she was draining the love of Celestia. “Good Morning Mistress, I hope you like your breakfast” Say Celestia with a smile, like if it was nothing, even so, Twilight was not so sure, as far as she remembered from what her BBBFF, eating not only produce a big headache, but it also drained somepony physically and mentally, she could not guess how the little filly was inside, the only she could see was a smile as the filly was being eaten. “IM a good ponypet giving myself to my Mistress… My only purpose is serve my love and devotion for my mistress and obey… IM a good ponypet… I have to stay happy and smiling...” Muttered the little Celestia in a very low voice, like a whisper or a mantra, if Twilight was more far she could not listen, or maybe doubt about that, but as the little filly was no far from her, she could listen that perfectly without doubt.