A Strange Thought

by CraazyAutumn


Canterlot

Starlight,woken up from her sleep, heard a knocking on her doors. She was probably waken by the sound of knocking on her doors.

"...Yes?" She answered.

"Oh, you're awake! Can I come in?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah, come in," Starlight replied.

"Sorry for waking you early, but I just had to tell you!" Twilight jumped.

"Tell me what?" Starlight was curious.

"We're going to Canterlot today!" Twilight excitedly said.

"...This early? And why anyways? Did princess Celestia invite you?" She asked.

"Yeah! I don't know the reason to it though, but I'm so excited!" Twilight was thrilled.

"Well... Okay. Am I going or something?" She asked once more.

"Well, yeah! I'd probably not wake you if it was only me. Wait, I would, but... Yeah!" Twilight said. "Oh, we should be getting ready! Gotta go pack!" She said before leaving the room. Starlight just packed and went back to sleep again.

***

The train had arrived at Canterlot. The two mares and other visitors had walked out of the train.

"Alright, we're here at Canterlot. So do we go to the castle now?" Starlight asked.

"Yep!" Twilight answered.

As they walked through the city, Starlight got a strange feeling. The ponies were quite silent and some of them staring at them.

"Uhm... Twilight?" Starlight silently called her.

"Yeah?" Twilight replied.

"Have you got a strange feeling of... Being watched?"

"Not much to me. I usually get stared at," Twilight said.

"Well yeah, but you're a princess. And... I don't think it's because of that...," Starlight said, confusingly looking at others.

"It's probably nothing," Twilight told her.

"I doubt it," Starlight said.

As they arrived at the castle, they walked up seeing more guards than usual.

When the guards seen them, they immediately surrounded them.

"Uh... What's going on?" Starlight asked, spinning around.

"They probably don't recognize you. We'll pass through anyways," Twilight replied.

"Release!" Celestia had told the guards.

"Hello princess!" Twilight greeted.

"Greetings, Twilight. Well, we've got something to discuss," Celestia said. "Come in."

"This doesn't feel good...," Starlight whispered.

"Come on, it'll be completely fine! Nothing to be worried about."

***

The three mares entered the throne room, Starlight being a little confused.

"I am glad to see you all okay...," Celestia said with worry.

"What do you mean?" Twilight asked.

Celestia walked up to her throne. She let out a heavy sigh before speaking to the two mares, who have been quite confused.

"If you may had not heard... My sister... Had disappeared," Celestia said.

"What!?" they looked at the princess with worry. There was silence for a few moments, until Twilight began to speak.

"Luna... Gone... What?!"

"How could she had disappeared?" Starlight asked more calmly.

"I'm not sure. Last thing I remember that she was in my dream, and then she just... Suddenly disappeared," Celestia looked out the window, when guards entered the throne room, taking the two mares to a room for each of them. Twilight tried to teleport away, but her magic couldn't work. She looked at Celestia with confusion.

"Princess! Why can't our magic work?!"

"I am unsure. But for now... You should get some sleep," Celestia answered and sat back to her throne.

"I knew something was wrong... And it's my task to figure it out." Starlight thought.