It seemed like he was staying in possibly the most expensive hotel of Cloudsdale. 'Princess Amour' said the bronze sign hanging from above the entrance.
Upon entering the room where Alarak lead me to, I saw a guard standing near the exit. He was wearing a suit of dark steel armor, and holding a spear in his magic. He was staring blankly forward as we entered, only stealing a small glance at me, probably making sure the one who entered with his prince to be harmless.
The room was quite big. By the marble walls there were a few closets and a writing desk. The windows were showing the impressive view of the central street of Cloudsdale. In the center of it was a mahogany wooden table, no doubt from Saddle Arabia. Two alizarin colored couches were standing in the opposite sides of the table. There was a simple ceramic vase with some daises in it standing on the table, being the cheapest thing in the room.
Alarak pointed a forehoof towards one of the couches. “Have a seat young alicorn.” He said, his grin growing wider after the confirmation of his knowledge. I lay down on the couch, staring hungrily at the daises. “You can take off your disguise. Even my guards know it. And it is probably so uncomfortable to hide your horn!”
At this point I found no use to keep the horn hidden, and it indeed was uncomfortable. He nodded when I undid the spell, the grin vanishing from his face. “You really do make an interesting sight. But let’s cut straight to the reason you are here. Our empire's mages had detected your presence and are in fear of an unknown alicorn's powers." I could barely hold back a smile. A country was in fear of me? Like Rainbow Dash kept saying - Even after becoming an alicorn I was still the plain old unicorn bookworm inside.
"I want you to tell me the reason you appeared so suddenly. Perhaps you have just ascended? No. Your spells and flight are too good for a newbie. You were ascended at minimum 3 years in the past."
I cursed myself for being so careless with the experiment I was making. I was too embarrassed to tell him the real reason, so I needed to make up one. "I noticed the disappearance of the Mistress of the Night, Princess Selene, or Luna as Equestrians call her." The lie sounded convenient enough to me. "So I came to this world to investigate." Please don't ask from where, please don't ask from where, please don't ask from where!
"From where?" He asked. Well, this was the end of me. I couldn't even overwrite his mind because of the guard!
I chuckled nervously. "Ha. Ha. It's a secret!" I mentally punched myself for a stupid answer like that.
He suddenly burst into laughing, before falling on the couch. I gave him a bemused look. "What's so funny?"
It took him a few minutes to calm down. "Oh you are funnier than I expected! " He breathed heavily and held back his chuckles before adding."But your lies are trash. Even a colt could see through them!" He then banished the last drops of amusement. " But if you don't want to tell me, then so be it as long as you don't cause any trouble to the Minotaur Empire. But if you do..." He didn't need to finish the sentence. " And don't do anything rash. That will also count."
I was walking in the hotel where it was said that Alarak was staying. While I was walking in, a lavender pegasus mare passed me, only sleepily muttering-"Hi Celestia." Before walking past me. It took me several moments to realize that she didn't bow or give any sing of honor, not that I minded. It was as if she knew me. Good that I decided to leave the guards outside, they would've tied her up in the dungeons if they saw her reaction.
When I knocked at the door, a grey aura surrounded the door handle and opened it. Alarak was lying on his couch, from the looks of it in a good mood. " Twilight...." He never got past that word because he saw me at the doorstep. His eyes widened and he jumped from the couch, bowing in my direction. "Your highness."
"Don't sweat it Alarak I only came hear to ask a few questions."
"Just make it short."
"Fine we will start from why you are here......"
Celestia looked over the spell one last time, before sparks started to shoot around her horn, and a bright golden light enveloped the room. I put a hoof in front of my eyes, covering them from the bright light. When the light died down, I saw Celestia shaking off the unpleasant feeling after casting a spell, and a golden magic oval ring was on the wall. Suddenly an empty black void appeared in it, showing that the spell had worked.
"Now we only need for the spell to find the time she is trapped in. Hopefully Twilight will notice when she can travel back to the present." Celestia said.
"And Starlight... don't feel bad that your magic wasn't strong enough to cast the spell."
"I know I shouldn't. You're a thousand year old alicorn after all!" I giggled.
Celestia nodded and started walking towards the exit, but stopped and looked back at me."Please send a letter threw Spike when she arrives."
"But Princess.."
"WHEN NOT IF!" She screamed, before running out of the room. I could still hear her hoofsteps while she ran from this room and I stood there shocked.
After some time that seemed like eternity, a dragon poked his head threw the door."What happened here? I was walking towards this room when Celestia ran by, all in tears and sobbing! I never saw her cry thought I lived eight years with her."
"We should go and comfort her." He nodded and ran out of the room, with me following shortly.