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// Decision  
// Story: My way back home 
// by Princess Rainbow-Dashie 
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Princess Luna 
Despite having told them that I wasn’t going to help them due to the fact that they interrupted my Night Court, I was still curious and a bit wary to know what was going to happen to the future of the three of them, and of course, little Flurryheart that was already up and on my care for the time being. I had slept only a few hours, but I felt as if it had been more than enough. Despite knowing it was wrong, I was listening in through the door. I could only hear my sister’s footsteps, pacing in the room inside.

“You three… Just got yourselves in a whole mess of trouble.” I heard my sister say, in a tone that was not pleasant at all. I guess that even my sister’s patience had its limits, and I was glad to not be the one to handle this, because I was sure I would lose my patience sooner and would even yell at them like it had happened the night before.

“But auntie…” I heard Cadence say, only to her voice being interrupted.

“Do not interrupt me while I’m talking over such a serious matter. You three were completely inopportune last night. Your behavior is inexcusable. Now, the matter lies on what I should do about the entire situation. For a start, you three will make it up to Princess Luna for ruining her Night Court by helping her – separately – over the course of three weeks, one for each of you. However you choose to take those three weeks is up to you, but I do not want any conflicts in there, therefore, only one of you will be there with her at a time. Now, if that is clear…” She then proceeded to the next part, if a divorce was possible, if she should allow and deny this love – even it if was between siblings, and who should be taking care of Flurryheart, should a joint custody not be an option. 

Inside there was only silence, except from a couple words that included access to memories to the three of them, mostly Shining Armor, I heard, to check for spells. In what I assumed to be one by one, their memories of the recent events were checked to see if there wasn’t any magic involved. It hadn’t been that long ago that Chrysalis had attempted to take Cadence’s place. By all means, she could be doing the same again, through having replaced Twilight and cast another spell on him. After what seemed like forever, she cleared them all of any spell, deciding that there wasn’t any. The next thing I knew was that she was checking with Cadence if what both of Shining Armor and Twilight Sparkle were feeling was really love. Suddenly I was glad that I wasn’t the one in there dealing with all of that mess, especially after hearing Cadence’s dry voice speak.
“Well a- I mean Celestia. There is nothing but love between them. “ 
I realized that she was telling the truth, or should be, despite having all of the reasons to be lying about this, except the fact that Celestia would probably double check and catch on the lie. I froze a bit in place, even if I wasn’t involved directly in this mess, wondering what would happen next.  
In the hallway, I heard Celestia pacing, as if making a decision, even if a temporary one. I could bet that she was rubbing her temples by now with all this mess. To be honest, I would be, too. I waited for a while longer before I finally heard my sister to make her decision while sighing.

“All right. So this is what I have decided. Shining Armor. Twilight Sparkle. You two are going to interact some more and find the source of this kind of love and how it came to be. Cadence, you will be the first to help Luna on the Night Court, and then you’re free to return to the Crystal Empire. As for Flurryheart… for now, you two will take turns. Like… Like a joint custody. Now, you have my leave to go. “She stated, waving them off.
Before they had the chance to come out and see me listening in, I darted out of there silently, heading into my room to get some more sleep, and also watch over Flurryheart, letting the three of them go off their own ways to clear their heads. Celestia sure knew they would need that as of right now. 

After I woke up, it was already early night, so that meant that Celestia had tried to wake me up and failed, so she rose the moon for me so I could sleep a little longer, and then went to rest herself. By that time, I was showing Flurryheart some of the stars above, careful not to let her fall. 
“Look Flurryheart. Beautiful stars above… One day, when you are a big pony like me, you will look up at them and find them very pretty and will eventually gaze up at them for a bit every night… “I gave her a small smile, staying there with her while telling her about every constellation in simple words, the constellations that were already visible in the sky. I’d leave the others for another day when I had a little more time. 

As soon as it was time for the Night Court, though, I took her to Shining Armor, having been briefed about Cadence helping me during the course of the next week. So as soon as Night Court started, Cadence was already at the door, possibly staying away from both Shining Armor and Twilight. Walking inside, I looked around for a bit, not exactly sure of how many help could each of the three be. Usually my sister and I handled the most threats and problems ponies faced, but maybe this would be a small trial to let them learn something about handling problems. Equestria had faced enough trouble in the past for it to be considered safe on a certainty that the two of us would always be there. 

I calmly saw the first ponies coming inside, a group of five or six, bat ponies, per say, but I was so used to seeing and interacting with them that I didn’t even think that others would still be scared of them, but that proved to be wrong when I heard a ear piercing scream right from my side. I guess I had forgotten about not everypony being used to bat ponies, even if they were aware some of my guards were bat ponies and that they existed. I turned to Cadence, only to see her stammering.
“It…the pony….the pony has fangs… and strange wings…” Her eyes were widening. 
I sighed, shaking my head. “Come on Cadence, it’s just a bat pony, it’s not going to hurt y-“ I was cut off by her when one of the ponies approached to present the problem. 
“But Luna, they are scary p-“ 
“They’re not any scarier than you, or I. You have two choices, get used to them, or get used to them.”

I heard her sigh in defeat and help me through the rest of the Night Court without any more protests. Other than a few possible attempts of chaos rising in a few parts of Equestria, and a few problems regarding ponies going hungry, there wasn’t much to worry about and almost everything was solved before dawn. As dawn came, I felt it was time to lower the moon, and give place to the sun, which meant that Celestia was probably waking up soon. As for me, I went to eat something and went to my bedroom to get some sleep. I swore I could hear Cadence’s voice, in a somewhat singing tone, saying: “And now we’ll never be anything together....”

When I finally fell asleep, in my mind that still echoed in my mind, and my dreams were as usual, anything but soothing.