“Lift me up a little Higher. Keep me steady...” A pink Pegasus mare commanded as she reached for the nearby window.
“Why do I have to be the one to hold you up?” A green Unicorn stallion complained as he tried to balance her on his back.
“Because I’m a lady.” The mare answered bluntly.
“You're also a Pegasus, and I’m a Unicorn!” The stallion cried angrily. “Your naturally physically stronger than me, and-" He paused for a second. "Hey wait a minute can't you just fly?!"
“Uh, what are you two doing?” A third voice asked as he stared at the pair.
The mare then lost her balance because of the unexpected guest and the two ended up in a pile. After regaining her senses she turned towards the pony in question only to be surprised to find a purple dragon around twice as tall as a pony. “Oh, we’re uh...” she scrambled to find a decent excuse as she got back on her hooves.
“Trying to break into Princess Twilight’s castle?” The dragon bluntly answered for her.
“What? No! We’re... Ok yes, we are, but we do have a good reason!” She admitted nervously all the while the green stallion finally recovered.
“Let me explain.” The stallion interjected.
“I’m listening.” The dragon said as he crossed his arms.
“My name is Ashura Origans, and this is Aurelia Charm. We’re let’s just say, ambassadors of sorts.” Ashura explained. “We’ve been sent by Princess Cadence to speak with Princess Twilight about some... Issue’s she’s been dealing with.”
“Cadance sent you? Well, why didn’t you say so!” The dragon exclaimed. “But wait. Why were you trying to get in through the window?”
“Well the front doors were locked, so we tried knocking, but she never answered.” Aurelia groaned.
The dragon sighed. “Well, that’s typical of Twilight these days. Oh, where are my manners, my name’s Spike, the Princesses number one assistant, or at least I was her assistant! Come on I have an extra set of keys.”
After unlocking the castle’s doors the two ponies followed Spike inside. The main hall was nearly pitch black to the pair as the lights were off and most of the windows were covered. Spike, however, had no trouble finding his way to the light switch. “Sorry about the state this place is in. I only recently returned to Ponyville after hearing just how bad Twilight’s gotten.” Spike explained as he led the two through the hall. “So I’m guessing Cadence sent you because of Twilight’s depression?”
“Something like that.” Ashura answered bluntly.
“Would you care for some tea?” Spike asked as they entered the lounge.
“I would!” Aurelia cried cheerfully.
“None for me please.” Ashura happily declined.
After a few minutes, Spike returned with the tea. Aurelia took hers and sat down on the couch next to a table, while Spike sat down on the chair on the opposite side of the table.
“So when did it start exactly?” Ashura asked getting back to their reason for being here...
“Well, I guess you could say when her parent’s died. She was handling that fine though, but it wasn’t long before she lost another.” Spike paused to take a sip of his tea. “The Wonderbolts were called to duty when a rogue group of dragon’s lead by Garble, who I’ve had previous encounters with before hoof, set their sights on Ponyville.” Spike paused for a second to compose himself. “By the end of the battle some of the dragon’s died while the rest fled, but they weren’t the only ones with casualties. A few members of the Wonderbolts fell in the battle, including Blaze, Fleetfoot, and... Rainbow Dash.”
“My goodness.” Aurelia spoke somberly. “Did they ever catch those dragon’s?”
“Dragon Lord Ember thankfully was able to identify them, and handled their punishment herself.” Spike answered with a smile. “She also helped out with Blaze, Fleetfoot, and Rainbow’s funeral to apologize for their action’s. Everypony else died from more natural causes. First was Fluttershy, then Rarity, followed by Pinkie, then Applejack soon after.” Spike stopped to take another sip of his tea. “Soon after Twilight began to cut herself off from the world outside her castle. Me leaving for the Dragon Kingdom’s roughly Ninety years after AJ’s death didn’t help, and a mere week later Princess Celestia passed on. Now the only Ponies she lets into the castle are Cadance, Flurry Heart, Luna and her daughter, and myself. Oh and the Mayor for their regular meetings. But that's about it, heck if I didn’t come back I don’t think she’d even bother getting out of bed-”
“Spike? Who are you talking to?” Came a voice from the hallway. The owner of the voice stepped into the room and started glaring at the two visitors. “Spike I told you NO pony is allowed in here!”
“Twilight they were sent by Cada-” Spike began.
“I don’t care!” Twilight cried and picked the two up in her magic.
The next thing they knew they were flung out the door and into the street. “Well, that happened...” Aurelia groaned.
“We should have expected this.” Ashura sighed as they got back on their hooves.
“What do we do now?”
“I guess all we can do right now is book a room at a hotel and try again tomorrow.” Ashura stated.
Aurelia sighed and hung her head. "Maybe we should speak to the mayor about this?"
"Hey yeah! Spike did say the Princess does have regular meetings with her. Maybe she can tell us something!" Ashura concluded as they started to head to the town hall.
A few minutes later...
“I’m getting the feeling like we’re being followed.” Ashura answered while discreetly looking at their surroundings.
“Really?” Aurelia looked around. “I don’t see any WOAH!” Aurelia cried as she almost bumped into a Light brown colt that was staring at them.
“Hello!” The colt cried with a smile.
“Uh, hi there random colt.” Ashura replied in confusion.
“Colt! I’m a fully grown stallion thank you very much!” The colt cried.
“But your half my hei- oh your a little pony aren’t you?” Ashura asked in realization.
“Yes, and you're a stallion that looks like a mare!” The stallion teased back.
“What!” Ashura cried and glared at the mini stallion, all the while Aurelia's trying to hold in her laughter.
"My name is Lil' Lovey, but you can call me Lovey!"